Physical properties of four ring-porous hardwood species: Influence of wood rays on tangential and radial wood shrinkage [PDF]
, 2019 Some relationships between ray proportions, strength and shrinkage properties and basic density in hardwood species were highlighted. A better understanding of their relationships caused by the variation in moisture content in the hygroscopic domain ...
Candelier, Kévin +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.The present study analyzes wildlife species use indices and a vulnerability in the Aledjo Wildlife Reserve (AWR) in Togo. The Importance Value‐in‐use Index (IVIUsp) indicates that the most valued species are the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), and the green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis).
Wiyaou Borozi +3 more
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Market analysis for Acrean timbers [PDF]
In the state of Acre (Brazil), keys of development are the valorization of natural resources, which include non-ligneous and timber products. The need to develop a sustainable wood industry lead to assess markets that can be targeted from Acre in an ...
Jean-Marc Roda
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Impact of forest management regimes on ligneous regeneration in the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso [PDF]
, 2007 Annual early fire, selective tree cutting and grazing exclusion are currently used to manage the State forests of the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Such prescriptions, however, are not based on experimental evidence.
Zida, Didier
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Potential valorization of wood extractives from waste products of steam distillation of Aniba rosaeodora: antitermitic activity [PDF]
, 2013 Aniba rosaeodora, is a slow growing evergreens of the Lauraceae family which are indigenous over a wide range of the Greater Amazon Region (the Guianas and Venezuela, Brazilian Amazon¿). The essential oil obtained from the wood has a characteristic aroma
Amusant, Nadine, Digeon, Alexis
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A short analysis on the stricter European regulations on tropical hardwood imports and their side effects [PDF]
This paper analyses the side effects of the stricter regulation on tropical hardwood or timber imports. It considers the place of Europe within the global timber market, where Europe accounts only for a very limited share.
Eric J.M.M. Aretz +2 more
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Social policies of forest concessionaires in West and Central Africa [PDF]
, 2008 Timber concessions in West and Central Africa have traditionally left a dismal record in terms of social policies that go back to the colonial period, yet these same policies have undergone unprecedented change in a limited number of concessions over the
Jégou, Chloé +2 more
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GenealogyOur paper focuses on two white pioneering scientists, Dr Dutton, who was English, and Dr Todd, a Canadian, employed by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to study sleeping sickness in colonial Senegambia, West Africa. We analysed photographs and some published personal letters to help us reflect on some of their constructions of ...
Martha Judith Chinouya +1 more
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Comparative analysis of three different methods used to determine the elastic modulus for a choice of Tropical Guianese wood species [PDF]
, 2017 This study compares variability in the longitudinal Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) values, measured by three different methods, for eight tropical wood species covering a wide range of densities, a property that has been little described in the literature ...
Beauchêne, Jacques +2 more
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Report on the mission to SIAT Gabon, 7 to 19 December 2006 [PDF]
, 2007 The purpose of the mission was to make a phytosanitary inspection of the Mitzic estate, make recommendations for controlling leaf diseases, draw up an experimental protocol for ULV defoliant treatment and propose a system of general foliage monitoring at
Guyot, Jean
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