The research has been carried out with the support of State
University of New York, College of Environmental Science and
Forestry (SUNY-ESF) and European RegionalDevelopment Fund
(ERDF) project “Developing models for establishing and managing
multifunctional plantations of broadleaves and energy
crops” project No Nr. 2010/0268/2DP/2.1.1.1.0/10/APIA/VIAA/
118.Wewould also like to express our gratitude to the Fulbright
fellowship programme, the Institute of International Education
(IIE), Latvia State Forestry Research Institute “Silava”, Rural
Support Service of Latvia, Latvia Nature Conservation Agency,
Latvia Fund for Nature and Latvia University of Agriculture.