Expanding Exotic Forest Plantations and Declining Rural Populations in La Araucanía, Chile
Land, 2021 Chile has embraced the expansion of monoculture forest plantations of exotic Monterey pine and eucalyptus as part of its development strategy. While forestry is considered financially successful and meets sustainability objectives, the increase in forest
Lindsey Carte +2 more
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The multifunctional role of protective forest plantations
Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева, 2017 The short history of the steppe forestry is considered. The priority of Russia in dealing with this issue is marked. In this work, the long process of the development of forms of forest plantations, their structure, width and range of species is ...
V. I. Erusalimskii, V. A. Rozhkov
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Tropical forest restoration: Fast resilience of plant biomass contrasts with slow recovery of stable soil C stocks [PDF]
, 2017 Due to intensifying human disturbance, over half of the world's tropical forests are reforested or afforested secondary forests or plantations. Understanding the resilience of carbon (C) stocks in these forests, and estimating the extent to which they ...
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Scientific Reports, 2023 With the recent return of large carnivores to forest ecosystems, an important issue for forest owners and managers is how large predators influence the behaviour of their natural prey and, consequently, cervid browsing pressure on forest regeneration. To
Adam Wójcicki, Zbigniew Borowski
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Arthropod Diversity in Lama Forest Reserve (South Benin), a Mosaic of Natural, Degraded and Plantation Forests [PDF]
, 2018 Arthropod assemblages were examined in Lama forest reserve, a protected area situated in the Dahomey gap, southern Benin, composed of plantations, degraded forest and remnants of natural forest.
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The role of plantation forestry in sustainable development [PDF]
Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta: Univerzitet u Beogradu, 2014 The paper gives an overview of types of forest plantations and their role in sustainable development, with an emphasis on the definition of artificially established (planted) forests and forest plantations.
Ivetić Vladan, Vilotić Dragica
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Nutrient Storage and Stoichiometry of the Forest Floor Organic Matter in Japanese Forests
Soil Systems, 2021 Nutrient storage in the forest floor is regulated through litter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Stoichiometry of nutrients can provide characterization of the forest floor.
Masamichi Takahashi
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Bird surveys for REDD+: avian communities indicate forest degradation in a Peruvian coffee landscape [PDF]
, 2011 Shade coffee cultivation in the Peruvian Andes assists in reducing emissions from deforestation because it avoids conversion to non-forest land uses such as coca and sun grown coffee farming.
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Fuelwood demand and supply in Rwanda and the role of agroforestry [PDF]
, 2011 Fuelwood in Rwanda is assumed to come from forests and woodlands, thus contributing to large-scale deforestation. Available studies on fuelwood demand and supply support this assumption and indicate a continuously rising demand of fuelwood, notably from ...
Mohren, G.M.J., Ndayambaje, J.D.
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Conservation Value and Permeability of Neotropical Oil Palm Landscapes for Orchid Bees [PDF]
, 2013 The proliferation of oil palm plantations has led to dramatic changes in tropical landscapes across the globe. However, relatively little is known about the effects of oil palm expansion on biodiversity, especially in key ecosystem-service providing ...
Gilbert, Lawrence +3 more
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