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Peculiarities of natural regeneration in beech stands of the Ukrainian Carpathians

open access: yesНаукові праці Лісівничої академії наук України, 2021
The peculiarities of natural regeneration have been studied in beech stands in which management activities are carried out or are absent. Investigated was the dependence of the amount of self-seeding and young growth of beech upon the age of the trees ...
Vasyl Lavnyy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Sustainable Management of Land and Fisheries Resources Using Multicriteria Techniques: A Meta-Analysis

open access: yesLand, 2020
In recent years modern societies have attached a multifunctional requirement to the use of renewable resources, making their optimal sustainable management more complex.
Luis Diaz-Balteiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the evolution of native pinewoods in Scotland will benefit their future management and conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a foundation species in Scottish highland forests and a national icon. Due to heavy exploitation, the current native pinewood coverage represents a small fraction of the postglacial maximum.
Barton   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence, Perceptions, and Trade-offs Associated with Invasive Alien Plant Control in the Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
The Table Mountain National Park is a 265 km2 protected area embedded within a city of 3.5 million people. The park contains an extremely diverse flora with many endemic species, and has been granted World Heritage Site status in recognition of this ...
Brian W. van Wilgen
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of High Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Improved Hydrological Simulations of a Mediterranean Forested Catchment

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
Eco-hydrological models can be used to support effective land management and planning of forest resources. These models require a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), in order to accurately represent the morphological surface and to simulate catchment ...
João Rocha   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Forestry or Ecological Forestry?

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract The dominance of the economic view in the codification of "forestry plans" in Iran with the focus on wood as the main product and the management structure has focused solely on habitats capable of producing wood. This article critiques the current definitions, a one-sided function of forestry in Iran, and its impacts on forests. Along with it,
Sedighi, Elham, Hanifreza Golzar
openaire   +1 more source

Designing a Validation Protocol for Remote Sensing Based Operational Forest Masks Applications. Comparison of Products Across Europe

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
The spatial and temporal dynamics of the forest cover can be captured using remote sensing data. Forest masks are a valuable tool to monitor forest characteristics, such as biomass, deforestation, health condition and disturbances. This study was carried
Angel Fernandez-Carrillo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation displaced: trade in forest-risk commodities and the prospects for a global forest transition

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2019
While many developed countries are increasing their forest cover, deforestation is still rife in the tropics and subtropics. With international trade in forest-risk commodities on the rise, it is becoming increasingly important to consider between ...
Florence Pendrill   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of buffer-radius modelling approaches used in forest conservation and planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Spatial modelling approaches are increasingly being used to direct forest management and conservation planning at the landscape scale. A popular approach is the use of buffer-radius methods, which create buffers around distinct forest habitat patches to ...
Bailey, S.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Assessment of biomass of forest species using satellite images of high spatial resolution (on the example of the forest of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) [PDF]

open access: yesВопросы лесной науки, 2018
The paper describes assessment of spatial biomass of top wood layer based on combination of high-resolution Landsat-8 satellite images and selected ground forest inventory data measurements.
E.N. Sochilova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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