Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family, bearing lobed leaves and a nut called an acorn. The genus has some 500 deciduous and evergreen species across the Northern Hemisphere.

Everything across The Oak Project tagged with the topic “Oak”.

Researchers

4

• Researcher Johan Kroon Researcher
• Researcher Anna Monrad Jensen Professor
• Researcher Johannes Edvardsson Associate Professor
• Researcher Marcus Hall PhD Student

Students

1

• Student Oskar Olsson

Methodologies

12

• Methodology Biodiversity and phenology soundbox
• Methodology Dendrochronological analysis
• Methodology Herbivory and mildew assessment
• Methodology Insect biomass assessment
• Methodology Lichen and moss diversity
• Methodology Light and temperature data collection
• Methodology Oak bark yeast sampling
• Methodology Oak genetic structure / DNA analyses
• Methodology Oak regeneration study
• Methodology Tree basal area and dead-standing wood assessment
• Methodology Tree characteristics measurement
• Methodology Vascular plant assessment

Subprojects

16

• Subproject Beetle diversity in swedish oak forests using biodiversity pheromones
• Subproject Do oaks grow faster in recent times?
• Subproject Exploring cryptic species: infestation dynamics of Acrocercops on oaks
• Subproject Exploring genetic diversity and local adaptations in oak populations at northern range margins
• Subproject Exploring phenological synchrony in Swedish oak forests
• Subproject Exploring the association between biodiversity and the age of the oak forest
• Subproject Exploring the influence of the Ellenberg Nitrogen Index on oak growth across latitudinal gradients in Sweden
• Subproject Oak age of maturity
• Subproject Oak-Associated arthropod biodiversity: A re-evaluation of terrestrial arthropod metabarcoding
• Subproject Phytopathogen effects on phytophagous insect communities across different scales
• Subproject Protected areas, biodiversity and oak forests
• Subproject Provenance and growth of oaks in a long-term common garden experiment
• Subproject Size variation, growth rates and predation of Swedish oak acorns
• Subproject Tracing temporal genetic patterns in Swedish oaks
• Subproject Unlocking the secrets of oak trunks: a comprehensive study of invertebrate biodiversity and phenology across Sweden
• Subproject Yeast diversity on oak

Research streams

2

• Research stream Native and introduced oak species across Swedish latitudes
• Research stream Understanding biodiversity in non-native versus native oak forests