Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway

The Biomass Potential of Some Selected Native and Non-Native Species for Afforestation - A Case Study from Western Norway

Deliberate anthropogenic introductions of exotic trees to NW Europe are not particular new; traces of planting near the castles and monasteries dates back to the late Roman period and early medieval age [1]. The first reforestation and forest culture initiatives in Norway were taken in the 1740s [2-5], and larch plantations in western Norway were established in the 1780s [6]. However, the ideas...

[Fatal accidents and alcohol in Western Norway].

Bats of the Western Indian Ocean Islands

The natural colonisation of many remote oceanic islands by bats, including those of the western Indian Ocean, has been facilitated by their unique capability among mammals for powered flight. In the western Indian Ocean region, only the Malagasy islands of Madagascar and the Comoros archipelago have been naturally colonised by non-volant mammals. Despite their greater potential for inter-island...

Restoring Consistency after Network Partitions

The software industry is facing a great challenge. While systems get more complex and distributed across the world, users are becoming more dependent on their availability. As systems increase in size and complexity so does the risk that some part will fail. Unfortunately, it has proven hard to tackle faults in distributed systems without a rigorous approach. Therefore, it is crucial that the s...

A Holocene tephra record from the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway

A tephrochronology has been established for a peat bog in the Lofoten Islands that provides a dating framework for future lake and bog studies of climate variation in this climatically sensitive area. Twenty-three tephra layers were identified, all apparently of Icelandic origin. These included the historically dated tephras of AD 1875 (Askja), AD 1362 (Öraefajökull), AD 1158 (Hekla), AD 1104 (...