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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.)"”.
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Treeline of mountain birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in Iceland and its relationship to temperature
Die Waldfläche der Moorbirke (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in Island wurde zwischen der Besiedlung des Landes durch die Wikinger ab 874 n. Chr. und heute dramatisch reduziert. Ursachen des Rückgangs waren v. a. grossflächige Nutzung des Waldes für die Produktion von Holzkohle, Verbiss durch frei …
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The influence of plant size and fertilization on catkin production in birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.)
Downy birch Betula pubescens Ehrh. is the only tall growing native birch species in Iceland. Around the time of the settlement, birch woodlands used to cover large areas of Iceland, but today only little is left. Regeneration of birch is a key process in woodland expansion and is important for land …
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A study on above- and belowground biomass and carbon stocks as well as sequestration of mountain birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) along a chronosequence in southern Iceland
… Iceland and how afforested and remnant mountain birch areas react as carbon sinks. In summer 2009, 31 monocormic trees (0.1-5.5 m height) were measured and excavated. The excavated trees formed the dataset to establish allometric biomass functions of Icelandic mountain birch. The functions were …