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Natural forests promote phosphorus retention in soil

Global Change Biology, 2021
AbstractSoil phosphorus (P) availability often limits plant productivity. Classical theories suggest that total P content declines at the temporal scale of pedogenesis, and ecosystems develop toward the efficient use of scarce P during succession. However, the trajectory of ecosystem P within shorter time scales of succession remains unclear.
Yu, Zhen, Zhou, Guoyi, Liu, Lei, Manzoni, Stefano, Ciais, Philippe, Goll, Daniel, Peñuelas, Josep, Sardans, Jordi, Wang, Wantong, Zhu, Jie, Li, Lin, Yan, Junhua, Liu, Juxiu, Tang, Xuli   +13 more
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Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
Summary Most experimental evidence on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning comes from ecosystems with fast‐growing plants, such as grasslands. Although forests provide essential ecological services, they have been less well investigated.
Juliette Chamagne, Matteo Tanadini, David Frank, Radim Matula, C. E. Timothy Paine, Christopher D. Philipson, Martin Svátek, Lindsay A. Turnbull, Daniel Volařík, Andy Hector   +9 more
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Participatory Forest Management Tool for Promoting Sustainable Forest Utilization in Chiradzulu, Malawi [PDF]

Sumerianz Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary, 2021
A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess community perceptions towards environmental issues and Participatory Forest Management (PFM) in Chiradzulu, Malawi. The study revealed that majority (94%) of the households are aware that the forest cover has declined in the past two decade and recognised this as a major environmental problem.
Margaret Kunje, Edward Missanjo
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Promoting Better Logging Practices in Tropical Forests [PDF]

, 1998
The study presented in this paper tests the empirical significance of several common recommendations for promoting better logging practices in tropicalforests: in particular, making concession agreements longer, linking renewal of those agreements to logging practices, and using performance bonds to encourage compliance with logging regulations.
Marco Boscolo, Jeffrey R. Vincent
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Water Retention Characteristics of Superabsorbent Polymers (SAPs) Used as Soil Amendments

Soil Systems, 2023
Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are used as a soil amendment for retaining water, but suitable methods for the application of SAPs have not yet been developed.
Masamichi Takahashi, Izumi Kosaka, Seiichi Ohta   +2 more
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Determinants of Tourism Demand Using Machine Learning Techniques [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2022
The purpose of the current study was to determine factors affecting tourism demand using machine learning techniques. The results of different linear regression and random forest models on both the train and test sets were compared using RMSE and R2 ...
Musonera Abdou, Edouard Musabanganji , Herman Musahara   +2 more
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Forest Ecological Diversity Change Prediction Discrete Dynamic Model

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2022
Forest ecosystem is the most important terrestrial ecosystem type of species diversity in the world. The protection and sustainable use of forest ecological diversity is of great significance to forest protection and sustainable management.
Jingxia Li, Aijun Zhou, Yongfeng Liao, Zixin Zhao, Xiaoli Mao, Shuoxin Zhang   +5 more
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The role of incentive mechanisms in promoting forest restoration

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022
Forest restoration has been proposed as a scalable nature-based solution to achieve global environmental and socio-economic outcomes and is central to many policy initiatives, such as the Bonn Challenge. Restored forests contain appreciable biodiversity, improve habitat connectivity and sequester carbon. Incentive mechanisms (e.g.
Anazélia M. Tedesco, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Michelle L. Hak Hepburn, Khalil Walji, Kerrie A. Wilson, Hugh P. Possingham, Angela J. Dean, Nick Nugent, Katerina Elias-Trostmann, Katharina‐Victoria Pérez‐Hämmerle, Jonathan R. Rhodes   +10 more
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Isolation of Metarhizium spp. from rhizosphere soils of wild plants reflects fungal diversity in soil but not plant specificity

Mycology, 2019
Understanding the abundance and diversity of fungal entomopathogens associated with plant species is critical for improving their field efficacy as microbial insecticides.
Oumi Nishi, Hiroki Sato
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Effects of public forest policy in Finland.

Silva Fennica, 1981
The purpose of the present study is to explore the applicability of some methodological approaches to empirical policy analysis in evaluating the effectiveness of public forest policy.
Tikkanen, Ilpo
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