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Wood quality change in forest pine and spruce plantations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The results of research of the quality of wood from pine and spruce forest plantations are submitted. The density of wood from pine and spruce forest plantations in the whole planting is reduced compared with the control stands.
Paul, E. E.   +2 more
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The effect of spruce plantation density on resilience of mixed forests in the Perm Krai [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Over the course of the last few decades, many countries across the globe have experienced mass desiccation of spruce plantations. The subject of our research was the spruce forests of the Russian Perm Krai's mixed forest zone.
Ivanchina, L. A., Zalesov, S. V.
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Multi‐Scale Drivers of Food‐Water‐Energy Related Ecosystem Services in the Context of Land Degradation: Insights From the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei Agglomeration

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land degradation poses significant challenges to maintaining food–water–energy (FWE) security, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions. The ecosystem services (ES) related to FWE are critical for sustainable regional development. Yet, rapid urbanization in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region has altered land use and ecological patterns ...
Ke Yang, Qi Han, Dujuan Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Secondary forest within a timber plantation concession in Borneo contributes to a diverse mammal assemblage

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Commercial tree plantations of fast-growing species have become increasingly important in Southeast Asia to meet global demand for wood and wood fiber products. There is a growing need to understand more about their value for wildlife and how they can be
Wilvia Olivia William   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Flight Patterns of Hemiptera (Excluding Miridae) in a Southern Illinois Black Walnut Plantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The seasonal flight patterns of 99 species and subspecies of Hemiptera collected in window traps in a southern Illinois black walnut plantation are compared with similar data from a North Carolina black walnut plantation.
McPherson, J. E, Weber, B. C
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Recreation Service Supply–Demand Relationship and Driving Mechanism Analysis in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Clarifying the relationship between the supply and demand of recreation service not only enhances our comprehension of how cultural ecosystem services impact human well‐being, but also offers a theoretical foundation and scientific basis for developing regional landscape management strategies.
Xinyu Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Depauperate avifauna in plantations compared to forests and exurban areas. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2006
Native forests are shrinking worldwide, causing a loss of biological diversity. Our ability to prioritize forest conservation actions is hampered by a lack of information about the relative impacts of different types of forest loss on biodiversity.
David G Haskell   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sanitary Logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: One Problem, One Legislation but Different Criteria and Different Treatments

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of GOFP over four forest plots using RAMI and UAV measurements

open access: yesInternational Journal of Digital Earth, 2021
Comparison and validation of canopy reflectance (CR) models are two important steps to ensure their reliability. Pure forest plantations are an ideal type of forest for validating CR models because of their simple background and the low variance in the ...
Jun Geng   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large acquisition of rights on forest lands for tropical timber concessions and commercial wood plantations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The recent attention given to the growing large-scale acquisition or leasing of public and private lands by commercial investors fails to pay attention to the extensive practice of and current trends in the leasing of industrial-scale forest concessions ...
Barney, Keith   +9 more
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