Niclas Scott Bentsen
Associate Professor
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Silviculture, Trees and Bioresources
The research group studies the forest as an ecosystem, including its relation to the surrounding landscapes and the functioning of the individual tree. The overall goal is to strengthen our understanding of how and why forest management, silviculture and climate change affect trees, forests, their wood production, carbon balance and storage, and biodiversity.
- Silviculture and forest management
- Trees and forests in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Ecosystem recovery and restoration
- Monitoring of forests and assessment of their development in productivity, health, carbon balance, and biodiversity indicators.
- Forest and wood resource systems analysis
- Sustainability governance of forests and biomass
- Tree biology and dendroecology
- Utilisation of wood and other bioresources
- Innovation and industrial dynamics of bioresource use from a circular economy perspective
- The geopolitics of resource use in Denmark and globally
Current research projects/ongoing key projects
- Sentinel Plant Network (EUPHRESCO).
- Biology and management of Cryphalus abietis, and the relationship to pathogens Neonectria and Heterobasidion.
- Bark ecology.
- INNO4EST - Innovative forests for curbing climate change while integrating biodiversity, nutrient retention, and recreation (2022-2026)
- National Forest Inventory (2002- )
- SINKS2,
- Long term field experiments (1852- )
- Remote sensing of forest resources
- Danish grown Grand fir as construction timber (2021-2023).
- Heartwood formation in oak (Quercus robur) (2023-2024).
- Oak – an important species in future Danish forests (2023-2026).
- LIFE - Forest Fit for Future
- GeckoCir (2022-2026) Green and Circular Innovation for Kenyan Companies – Circular Retrofitting for Sustainable Industrialization.
- Biodiversity in Urban Nature (MSc)
- Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (MSc)
- Climate Change and Land Use (MSc)
- Climate Solutions (MSc)
- Design by Management (MSc)
- Energy Systems and Climate Mitigation (MSc)
- Ecosystem Services from Forests and Nature (MSc)
- Ecology and Ecosystems Science in relation to Environmental Economics (MSc)
- Experimental Plant Science (MSc)
- Geoengineering (MSc)
- Juletræer og Pyntegrønt (BSc)
- Landscape and Restoration Ecology (BSc/MSc)
- Land Use and Environmental Modelling
- Life Cycle Assessment within Biological Production Systems (MSc)
- Naturgrundlaget 1 – Planter og Landskab (BSc)
- Naturressourcer og Økologi
- Silviculture of Temperate Forests (MSc)
- Skadedyr og sygdomme of skov- og bytræer (BSc/MSc)
- Summer course: Understanding Sustainability (BSc)
- Thematic course: Nature, Environment and Society
- Thematic course: Ecology and Management of Forests and other semi-natural terrestrial ecosystems (MSc)
- Tree Biology and Arboriculture (MSc)
- Plant-based Materials: Structure and Performance from Nano to Macro Scale (MSc)
- Green and Circular Economy -Dynamics and Governance, Danida yearly course for medium and top managers from the Global South
- Extended Producer Responsibility, Danida yearly course for managers from the Global South
INFOBIOM – Nordic network for integrated forest resource and biodiversity monitoring
European National Forest Inventory Network
CARISMA - Center of Advanced Research for the innovative use of 3D remote sensing in mapping of forest and landscape attributes based on national forest inventories.
CAR-ES – Centre of Advanced Research on Environmental Services from Nordic Forest Ecosystems
IUFRO – International Union of Forest Research Organisations
Members of the research group
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