Sampling and reading wood cores

Sampling and reading wood cores

SAMPLING AND READING WOOD CORES By studying an extracted wood core, you get access to hidden information on the tree, such as its overall condition, diseases and damages, growth and age. Foresters use tree ring counts to determine the age of a stand of trees, how fast...
Sampling of soil

Sampling of soil

SAMPLING OF SOIL To examine some soil samples before you plant something in your forestland can make all the difference. Make difference To examine some soil samples before you plant something in your forestland can make all the difference. Soil sampling is an area...
The Egypt Expedition: Dendrochronology

The Egypt Expedition: Dendrochronology

THE EGYPT EXPEDITION: DENDROCHRONOLOGY Increment borers are used in dendrochronology and archaeological research. On increment borers, Christer Karlsson at Siljansfors försökspark, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, in Mora, Dalecarlia, Sweden, has the...
Harvester Calibration

Harvester Calibration

HARVESTER CALIBRATION What is a good control system? This question can have different answers, depending on who you ask it to. In our minds, the ideal control system adds value to all links in the value chain – just as our world-leading harvester calibration...
Why monitor trees?

Why monitor trees?

WHY MONITOR TREES? A big threat for our common future is global warming. The global warming process is partially due to release of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, from burning fossil fuels into the atmosphere. Plants in general, and our large forests in...