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Afternoon parallel session of the Forest Biology Club
Forests contain layers from different time periods. Some of these represent the present and renewal, such as the latest needles and annual growth rings of trees, while others are signs of the past, such as pine kelo trees in natural forests. Not all biological layers are visible structures of the forest: Trees and the organisms dependent on them carry genetic material, the evolutionary path of which stretches far into the history of life.
Temporal layers are kind of memory traces, of which the past stages of a forest can be inferred. Based on tree-ring data, it is possible to study the occurrence of wild fires and from soil layers infer the tree species composition of past time periods. Over time, the layering of forests has partially narrowed and partially disappeared.
In the Forest Biology Club’s afternoon session, we will examine the temporal layers of forests. How do past events, such as natural disturbances and successions, as well as human activities, affect and appear in the present-day forests and their organisms? What is the significance of forest layering for biodiversity? How can layering be increased through different forest management methods?
We invite presentations related to this theme. Please submit a one-page abstract by 24 August 2025 to Hannes Pasanen (hannes . pasanen [] uef . fi). He can also provide additional information about the session.
Please follow the guidelines in this model abstract.