Afforestation and biodiversity: Changes in biodiversity of birds, beetles and ground vegetation along a successional gradient in a black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) plantation in South Iceland

• Main Author: Gundelach, Tallulah, 1992-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði; Skógrækt; Líffræðileg fjölbreytni; Deadwood; Fugla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/31874

In Iceland, afforestation is an important element of environmental management. A 14.5 hectare managed black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) plantation in South Iceland serves as the country’s oldest research site for monitoring ecological changes resulting from afforestation of previously abandoned...