11 June 2026

Silva Nova at BioGeoMon

Per Gundersen
Per Gundersen

Members of the Silva Nova Team participated in this years BioGeoMon conference with the theme “Ecosystems in transition” in Umeå (Sweden). 

Presentations were given by Professor Per Gundersen on “Nitrate leaching from new forests on former cropland – surveys and long-term monitoring” and Professor Lars Vesterdal on “Soil and ecosystem carbon sequestration over 50 years in resampled oak and Norway spruce afforestation chronosequences”.

Lars Vesterdal
Lars Vesterdal

Dr. Ming Yu was awarded the New Phytologist Foundation prize for best poster for her poster “Afforestation shifts soil carbon from mineral associated to particulate pools while maintaining microbial necromass”.

Ming Yu, best poster
Ming Yu was awarded for best poster

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