According to 2011 data from the Swedish National Forest Inventory, only about 7.5 percent of the productive forest land has mixed forests.

Mixed forests are more productive than monocultures. This is true on all five continents, and particularly in regions with high precipitation. These findings from an international overview study ...

Mixed forests can reduce the risk of forest damage in a warmer climate by Sara-Lena Brännström, Umea University Editors' notes ...

Mixed forests are especially effective at carbon storage, as different species with complementary traits can increase overall carbon storage. Compared to single-species forests, mixed forests are also ...

Mixed forests are also more resilient to pests, diseases, and climatic disturbances, which further raises their long-term carbon storage potential, the researchers said in their study published in ...

Meanwhile, the SOC quality in mixed forest was poorer than that of the other forest types. In addition, deep soil was found to contain on average 66% of the topmost metre’s SOC stocks.

Forests of mixed hard and soft woods provide excellent habitat for birds, mammals, insects and reptiles. When trees mature and die, they provide cavities for nesting and rearing young of many species.

Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1999), pp. 282-294 (13 pages) The composition and frequency of occurrence of mixed flocks among foraging insectivorous birds were compared between ...

by Sara-Lena Brännström, Umeå University November 20, 2024 Fungi, insects, fires and cervids, such as moose, are examples of natural factors behind tree damages in Swedish forests. Sometimes, the ...