Upcoming/new papers ..
Beech dendrochronology / Fire history & biodiversity
Oak dendrochronology and decline / Tree mortality / Dendroclimatology
Other topics within dendrochronology and dendroecology
Upcoming /New papers
PUBLISHED - Drobyshev I., Niklasson M., Linderholm, H.W. 2012. Forest fire activity in Sweden: Climatic controls and geographical patterns in the 20th century. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 154-155: 174-186.
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PUBLISHED - Bobiec A, Kuijper, D.P.J., Niklasson M., Romankiewicz, A., Solecka, K. 2011. Oak (Quercus robur L.) regeneration in early successional woodlands grazed by wild ungulates in the absence of livestock. For. Ecol. Manage. 262 (2011) 780–790.
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PUBLISHED - Drobyshev, I., Niklasson, M., Linderholm, H.W:, Seftigen, K., Hickler, T., Eggertsson, O. 2011. Reconstruction of a regional drought index in southern Sweden since AD 1750. The Holocene 21(4) 667-679. DOI: 10.1177/0959683610391312.
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PUBLISHED - Ohlson, M.; Brown K.J.; , Birks H.J.B.; Grytnes J.-A., Hörnberg G., Niklasson M.; Seppa H.; Bradshaw R. H.W. 2011. Invasion of Norway spruce diversifies the fire regime in boreal European forests. Journal of Ecology 99, 395–403.
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Beech dendrochronology and ecology
Drobyshev, I., Övergaard, R.; Saygin, I.; Niklasson, M.; Hickler, T.; Karlsson, M.; Sykes, M.T. Masting behavior and dendrochronology of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in southern Sweden. For. Ecol. Manage. 259 (2010) 2160–2171.
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Fuentes, M.; Niklasson, M.; Drobyshev, I.; Karlsson, M. 2010. Tree mortality in a semi-natural beech forest in SW Sweden. Ecological Bulletins 53: 117–129.
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Fire history & biodiversity
Drobyshev I., Flannigan MC, Bergeron Y, Girardin M, Suran B, 2010. Variation in local weather explains differences in fire regimes within a Quebec south-eastern boreal forest landscape. International Journal of Wildland Fire 2010, 19, 1073–1082.
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Niklasson M, Drobyshev I., Zielonka T. 2010. A 400-year history of fires on lake islands in south-east Sweden. International Journal of Wildland Fire 2010, 19, 1050–1058.
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Hannon, G., Niklasson, M., Brunet, J., Eliasson, P., Lindbladh, M., 2010.
How long has the ‘hotspot’ been ‘hot’? Past stand-scale structures at Siggaboda nature reserve in southern Sweden. Biodivers Conserv (2010) 19:2167–2187
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Niklasson M, Drobyshev I., Zielonka T. 2010. A 400-year history of fires on lake islands in south-east Sweden. International Journal of Wildland Fire 2010, 19, 1050–1058.
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Lindbladh, M, Brunet, J, Hannon, G, Niklasson, M, Eliasson, P, Eriksson, G, & Ekstrand, A 2007. Forest history as a basis for ecosystem restoration - a multi-disciplinary case-study in a south Swedish temperate landscape. Restoration Ecology 15:2.
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Niklasson, M, Nilsson, SG, Hedin, J., Caldiz, M., Bobiec A. 2005. Sustainability and biodiversity: from policy to implementation, with examples from Swedish forests Journal of Sustainable Forestry.
Groven R, Niklasson M 2005. Anthropogenic impact on past and present fire regimes in a boreal forest landscape of southeastern Norway. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:2719-2726.
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Drobyshev, I. and Niklasson, M. 2004. Linking tree-rings, summer aridity, and regional fire data: an example from the boreal forests of Komi republic, Eastern European Russia. Can. J. For. Res. 34: 2327-2339.
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Hellberg, E., Niklasson, M. & Granström, A 2004. Influence of landscape structure on patterns of forest fires in boreal forest landscapes in Sweden. Canadian journal of forest research 34(2): 332-338.
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Lindbladh, M., Niklasson, M. & Nilsson, S.G. 2003. Long-term record of fire and open canopy in a high biodiversity forest in southeast Sweden. Biological Conservation 114: 231-243.
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Niklasson, M. Lindbladh, M. & Björkman, L. 2002 A long-term record of Quercus decline, logging and fires in a southern Swedish Fagus-Picea forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 765-774
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Niklasson M, Lindbladh M, Bjorkman L 2002. A long-term record of Quercus decline, logging and fires in a southern Swedish Fagus-Picea forest. J. Veg. Sci. 13, 765-774.
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Nilsson, S.G., Hedin, J. & Niklasson, M. 2001. Biodiversity and its assessment in boreal and nemoral forests. Scand. J. For. Res, 16: Suppl. 3: 10-26.
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Niklasson M, Drakenberg B 2001. A 600-year tree-ring fire history from Norra Kvills National Park, southern Sweden: implications for conservation strategies in the hemiboreal zone. Biological Conservation 101, 63-71.
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Niklasson M, Granström A 2000. Numbers and sizes of fires: Long-term spatially explicit fire history in a Swedish boreal landscape. Ecology 81, 1484-1499.
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Oak dendrochronology and oak decline
Drobyshev, I. & Niklasson, M. 2010. How old are the largest Southern Swedish oaks: a dendrochronological analysis. Ecological Bulletins 53: 155–163
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Sonesson, K., Drobyshev, I. 2010. Recent advances on oak decline in southern Sweden. Ecological Bulletins 53: 197–207.
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Drobyshev, I., Niklasson, M., Linderson, H. & Sonesson, K. 2008. Influence of annual weather on growth of pedunculate oak in southern Sweden. Ann. For. Sci. 65, 512 DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008033.
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Drobyshev, I., Niklasson, M., Linderson, H., Sonesson, K., Karlsson M., Nilsson, S.G., Lanner J. 2008. Lifespan and mortality of old oaks - combining empirical and modelling approaches to support their management in Southern Sweden. Ann. For. Sci. 65, 401. DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008012
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Drobyshev, I., Linderson, H. & Sonesson, K. 2007. Temporal mortality pattern of pedunculate oaks in southern Sweden. Dendrochronologia 24 (2007) 97–108. doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2006.10.004
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Drobyshev, I., Linderson, H. & Sonesson, K. 2007. Relationship between crown condition and tree diameter growth in southern Swedish oaks. Environ Monit Assess (2007) 128:61–73. doi 10.1007/s10661-006-9415-2
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Drobyshev, I. , Anderson, S. & Sonesson, K. 2007. Crown condition dynamics of oak in southern Sweden 1988–1999. Environ. Monit. Assess. 134 (1-3): 199-210. doi 10.1007/s10661-007-9610-9
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Tree mortality
Fuentes, M.; Niklasson, M.; Drobyshev, I.; Karlsson, M. 2010. Tree mortality in a semi-natural beech forest in SW Sweden. Ecological Bulletins 53: 117–129.
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Drobyshev, I., Dobrovolski, A., Neshataev, V. 2009. Tree mortality in a mixed deciduous forest in Northwestern Russia over 22 years. Ann. For. Sci. 66 (2009) 411. DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009018.
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Drobyshev, I., Niklasson, M., Linderson, H., Sonesson, K., Karlsson M., Nilsson, S.G., Lanner J. 2008. Lifespan and mortality of old oaks - combining empirical and modelling approaches to support their management in Southern Sweden. Ann. For. Sci. 65, 401. DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008012
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Linder, P., Jonsson, P.and Niklasson, M. 1998. Tree mortality after prescribed burning in an old-growth Scots pine forest. Silva Fennica 32(4): 2-12.
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Dendroclimatology
Drobyshev I., Niklasson M., Linderholm, H.W. 2012. Forest fire activity in Sweden: Climatic controls and geographical patterns in the 20th century. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 154-155: 174-186.
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Drobyshev, I., Niklasson, M., Linderholm, H.W:, Seftigen, K., Hickler, T., Eggertsson, O. 2011. Reconstruction of a regional drought index in southern Sweden since AD 1750. The Holocene 21(4) 667-679. DOI: 10.1177/0959683610391312.
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General dendrochronology & dendroecology
Drobyshev I., Simard M., , Bergeron Y., Hofgaard A. 2010. Does soil organic layer thickness affect climate-growth relationships in the black spruce boreal ecosystem? Ecosystems 13: 556–574. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9340-7
[this paper is produced in the Le Laboratoire de Dendroécologie, University of Quebec at Abitibi-Temisqamingue, Quebec, Canada].
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Linderholm H.W., Björklund J.A., Seftigen K., Gunnarson B.E., Drobyshev I., Grudd H., Jeong J.-H., Stridbeck P., Liu Y. 2009. Dendroclimatology in Fennoscandia - from past accomplishments to future potentials. Climate of the Past Discussions 5 (3): 1415-1461.
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Rist, S.G., Goebel, C.P., Corace, R. G. III, Hix, D.M., Drobyshev, I., Casselman, T., 2011. Do partial cross sections from live trees for fire history analysis result in higher mortality 2 years after sampling? For. Ecol. Manage. 262 (2011) 940–946.
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