Table 2. The occurrence of different standwise damage degree classes of moose damage in forest land in Finland in three National Forest Inventories, split by the main tree species and the development class of the stand. The numbers present the estimated area in km2. | |||||||||||||||||||
Dominant tree species | Development class | 8th NFI 1986–1994 | 9th NFI 1996–2003 | 10th NFI 2004–2008 | |||||||||||||||
Degree of damage (standwise) | |||||||||||||||||||
No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | No damage | Slight | Moderate | Severe | Complete | All plots | ||
Estimated area, km2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Scots pine | 2 | 9242 | 199 | 196 | 32 | 3 | 9671 | 7740 | 212 | 212 | 45 | 3 | 8212 | 7576 | 468 | 671 | 137 | 13 | 8866 |
3 | 20765 | 1163 | 943 | 174 | 12 | 23058 | 17617 | 1465 | 1443 | 438 | 16 | 20978 | 10739 | 1704 | 2142 | 459 | 33 | 15078 | |
4 | 49529 | 572 | 377 | 64 | 3 | 50544 | 55766 | 412 | 429 | 119 | 9 | 56734 | 54184 | 629 | 953 | 156 | 0 | 55922 | |
5 | 23008 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23028 | 26387 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26408 | 30902 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 30990 | |
6 | 19875 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19886 | 18060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18060 | 18051 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18054 | |
7 | 1459 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1462 | 493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 493 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
8 | 2057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2057 | 2306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2306 | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1591 | |
All | 125934 | 1951 | 1521 | 281 | 17 | 129705 | 128370 | 2108 | 2086 | 602 | 27 | 133192 | 123372 | 2853 | 3805 | 752 | 47 | 130828 | |
Norway spruce | 2 | 2980 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3017 | 3568 | 91 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 3717 | 5226 | 222 | 134 | 21 | 0 | 5603 |
3 | 3946 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4030 | 4636 | 250 | 122 | 33 | 3 | 5044 | 5477 | 310 | 259 | 35 | 0 | 6081 | |
4 | 9695 | 40 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9764 | 9141 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9196 | 7920 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 7994 | |
5 | 18984 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18998 | 16486 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16502 | 14392 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14426 | |
6 | 15295 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15299 | 13649 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13650 | 13900 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13917 | |
7 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |
8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
All | 51221 | 101 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 51429 | 47664 | 386 | 202 | 39 | 3 | 48294 | 46983 | 590 | 456 | 59 | 0 | 48088 | |
Broadleaves | 2 | 408 | 3 | 35 | . | 3 | 448 | 746 | 38 | 93 | 9 | 11 | 897 | 506 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 14 | 613 |
3 | 1953 | 38 | 99 | 15 | 5 | 2110 | 3214 | 259 | 349 | 74 | 50 | 3945 | 2212 | 222 | 380 | 130 | 35 | 2979 | |
4 | 9344 | 62 | 119 | 55 | 3 | 9583 | 9448 | 52 | 89 | 33 | 0 | 9622 | 8970 | 104 | 212 | 83 | 0 | 9369 | |
5 | 2391 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2397 | 2957 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2975 | 4097 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 4163 | |
6 | 1831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1831 | 1621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1621 | 1844 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1848 | |
7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
All | 15989 | 104 | 253 | 75 | 11 | 16432 | 18186 | 354 | 540 | 119 | 62 | 19261 | 17728 | 382 | 668 | 244 | 49 | 19070 | |
Al l tree species | 1 | 2963 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2975 | 2629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2632 | 2868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2868 |
2 | 12630 | 221 | 243 | 37 | 5 | 13137 | 12054 | 342 | 357 | 60 | 14 | 12826 | 13308 | 724 | 853 | 169 | 28 | 15082 | |
3 | 26664 | 1238 | 1077 | 200 | 20 | 29199 | 25467 | 1974 | 1913 | 545 | 69 | 29968 | 18428 | 2236 | 2781 | 624 | 68 | 24137 | |
4 | 68568 | 674 | 525 | 119 | 5 | 69892 | 74355 | 496 | 541 | 153 | 9 | 75553 | 71074 | 763 | 1205 | 243 | 0 | 73285 | |
5 | 44383 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 44422 | 45830 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 45885 | 49392 | 84 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 49579 | |
6 | 37002 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 37016 | 33330 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33331 | 33796 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33819 | |
7 | 1803 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1806 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 666 | 457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 457 | |
8 | 2095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2095 | 2518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | 1626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1626 | |
All | 196107 | 2156 | 1865 | 376 | 37 | 200540 | 196849 | 2848 | 2828 | 760 | 94 | 203378 | 190950 | 3824 | 4929 | 1055 | 96 | 200854 |