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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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Criminal liability for illegal destruction of forest plantations [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesRussia’s forests, occupying one-fifth of the world’s forest area and being one of the renewable natural resources, meet multiple needs of the economy and society for forest resources, performing the most important environmental, protective and other ...
Korneev Sergey +3 more
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Woody species diversity in forest plantations in a mountainous region of Beijing, China: effects of sampling scale and species selection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The role of forest plantations in biodiversity conservation has gained more attention in recent years. However, most work on evaluating the diversity of forest plantations focuses only on one spatial scale; thus, we examined the effects of sampling scale
Yuxin Zhang +4 more
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Land cover changes affect soil chemical attributes in the Brazilian Amazon
Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2017 Forest plantations may minimize the effects of deforestation in the Amazon. However, there are differences among species in terms of their influences on soil recovery. The effects of monospecific plantations of Acacia mangium, Dipteryx odorata, Jacaranda
Murilo Rezende Machado +4 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Eucalyptus plantations have been established in many areas of the world due to their fast growth and profitability. In NW Spain, Eucalyptus plantations now cover a larger area than native forests. Although Eucalyptus plantations have been shown to affect
Sandra Goded +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 Increasing the biodiversity in plantations of trees is an important issue because plantations have replaced many natural and semi-natural ecosystems worldwide.
Atsushi OHWAKI +3 more
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Metsanduslikud Uurimused, 2022 The increasing demand for raw materials favours habitat conversion into tree plantations in different biomes over the world. In Argentina, fast-growing plantations occur in physiognomically contrasting biomes, such as the subtropical forest and grassland.
Santoandré Santiago +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 In Borneo, oil palm plantations have replaced much of natural resources, where generalist species tend to be the principal beneficiaries, due to the abundant food provided by oil palm plantations.
Sergio Guerrero-Sanchez +3 more
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Effect of Land Use History on Biodiversity of Pine Plantations
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The growing replacement of native vegetation by forest plantations is considered a global threat to biodiversity. Significant variation in biotic communities among stands with similar management suggests that previous land use might have an effect on the
Sandra V. Uribe +4 more
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