The ecosystem of the forest
Here you can read more about our ongoing projects within the forest ecosystem.
Biology
Biology is the doctrine of life and encompasses all levels from the molecular to the global. In biology, the organisms and functions of living organisms, reproductive capacity, hereditary mass, growth, and development, and how they spread, interact, and cooperate with their environment and how they evolved, are studied. Biology therefore spans a large area of specialized research branches where different tools are used to study living organisms. The research in biology at Mid Sweden University is focused on ecology, genetics, and conservation biology.
Research groups
Ongoing Research Projects
Adapting Law for Moving Targets (ALAMOT)
In ALAMOT, we study how laws and policy frameworks in the management of our Arctic National Parks can be developed to meet the growing challenges of a changing climate and increased tourism.
Mapping high conservation value forests in Sweden – implementation of a landscape model for green infrastructure
The probability of forest with high conservation value represents tool for landscape planning. It will be developed together with relevant stakeholders to ensure its implementation in green...
Stem-base burning as a conservation management method in pine forests
Wildfires shaped boreal pine forests for millennia, but today they are rare. Stem-base burning is a new conservation method that mimics natural fire damage by scorching living pines. The project...
The connectivity of forests in Lapland
The aim of the project is to map ecological connectivity in Norrbotten County in a novel way and at an unprecedented level of detail.
Veteranisation of pine - active management to create lost key elements for biodiversity in boreal forests
In this project we develop restoration methods to create ecologically important dead wood structures that are now very scarce in managed pine forests.
Employees at the subject biology
