Full notes do not exist for this meeting, this is based on the pre-meeting informaton
The aim of this day based at Alice Holt Lodge will be to learn about current research aimed at understanding resilience and the measures that can be taken when managing forests to increase resilience. In the morning we will visit the Forest Research carbon flux site and discuss the effects of climate change on oak forests. We will then move on and consider a long-term monitoring site in an oak woodland that is part of the Environmental Change Network; both sites are located in the Straits Enclosure just south of Alice Holt Lodge. In the afternoon there will be a walking tour to Alice Holt Arboretum where we will discuss ongoing work on Emerging Species and current threats to tree health. One highlight (of many!) will be a plot of P54 Sequoia sempervirens, which is magnificent!
Wessex Silvicultural Group: Notes from previous meetings can be found here.