Search for dissertations about: "White-backed woodpecker"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words White-backed woodpecker.

  2. 1. Habitat composition and restocking for conservation of the white-backed woodpecker in Sweden

    Author : Kristoffer Stighäll; Per-Erik Olsson; Grzegorz Mikusinski; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; White-backed woodpecker; Dendrocopos leucotos; Sweden; deciduous forest; suitable habitat; fragmentation; saproxylic insects; captive breeding; restocking; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : In Sweden, intense human land use, especially forestry, has led to profound changes in the landscape over time, especially within the forest ecosystems. A consequence of this is that several specialist species have become endangered. One group of specialists is the woodpeckers. READ MORE

  4. 2. To do or not to do : dealing with the dilemma of intervention in Swedish nature conservation

    Author : Anders Steinwall; Katarina Eckerberg; Anna Zachrisson; David Feltenius; Arjen Buijs; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Protected area management; nature conservation; ecological restoration; biological diversity; discourse; institutionalization; forests; white-backed woodpecker; policy struggle; nature values; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : Nature conservation is often seen as being primarily about shielding parts of nature from human intervention, e.g. by protecting areas. Over the last decades, however, intervention is increasingly being seen as necessary for nature to regain or retain its values, through ecological restoration and active management. READ MORE

  5. 3. Forest restoration guided by an umbrella species : will measures to protect the white-backed woodpecker benefit saproxylic beetles?

    Author : David Bell; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Management shortcuts in conservation biology, like the umbrella species concept, have been debated worldwide. Umbrella species have been used to identify and delineate protective areas, but habitat requirements of umbrella species can also provide tangible targets in ecological restoration. READ MORE