Summary: University of Basel
Department of Environmental Sciences
Institute of Geography
Section Physical Geography and Environmental Change
A study on above- and belowground biomass
and carbon stocks as well as sequestration of
mountain birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) along a
chronosequence in southern Iceland
Master thesis presented by
Matthias Hunziker
Major subject: Physical Geography
Minor subject: Environmental Geosciences
Thesis advisors:
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus J. Kuhn, University of Basel
Prof. Dr. Bjarni D. Sigurdsson, Agricultural University of Iceland
submitted January 2011
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ABSTRACT
Following a period of land degradation lasting more than one thousand years, Iceland has undertaken
ambitious restoration and afforestation efforts for one century now. Afforestation has also been a

Source: Amrhein, Valentin - Zoologisches Institut, Universität Basel

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology