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Comparative Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Sal (Shorea robusta) and Mixed Hardwood Forests of the Nepal Terai [PDF]
Plant-Environment InteractionsForest soils are a critical component of the global carbon cycle, yet the impact of forest composition on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in tropical regions remains poorly quantified.
Ranjan Aryal, Gandhiv Kafle
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Remote Sensing, 2021 UAV laser scanning (ULS) has the potential to support forest operations since it provides high-density data with flexible operational conditions. This study examined the use of ULS systems to estimate several tree attributes from an uneven-aged northern ...
Bastien Vandendaele +5 more
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Bioscience Journal, 2023 African mahogany species (Khaya spp.) have proven to be promising in the Brazilian forestry scenario, replacing native mahogany owing to their medium-fast growth and relevant timber value. This study aimed to carry out forest inventory and assessments of
Renan Krupok Matias +6 more
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Study on the Effect of Finger Joints on the Stiffness of Fibre-Managed E. nitens Sawn Boards
Buildings, 2022 Fibre-managed E. nitens has the potential to be used as a feedstock for engineered wood products. This resource, however, has a number of strength-reducing features that need to be removed, and the board needs to be re-joint to be useful in greater ...
Jian Hou +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Climate change may have unpredictable effects on the cold hardiness of woody species planted outside of their range of origin. Extreme undulations in temperatures may exacerbate susceptibility to cold stress, thereby interfering with productivity and ...
Aziz Ebrahimi +3 more
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Effect of Fibre Orientation on the Bond Properties of Softwood and Hardwood Interfaces
Buildings, 2023 Increasing concerns regarding carbon emissions and climate change are prompting a shift toward the use of sustainable materials in the construction industry.
Xin Li +3 more
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Molecules, 2021 Biomass pre-treatment is a key step in achieving the economic competitiveness of biomass conversion. In the present work, an imidazole pre-treatment process was performed and evaluated using wheat straw and eucalyptus residues as model feedstocks for ...
Pedro M. A. Pereira +4 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Bark beetles vector symbiotic fungi and the success of these mutualisms may be limited by competition from other microbes. The outcome of fungal competition is strongly influenced by the physical and chemical conditions of the wood they inhabit.
Geoffrey M. Williams +2 more
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Hydrolysis Patterns of Xylem Tissues of Hardwood Pretreated With Acetic Acid and Hydrogen Peroxide
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020 The structural recalcitrance of lignocellulose limits its enzymatic hydrolysis, which leads to inefficient enzyme usage and inhibition of saccharification, depending on the pretreatment method.
Dae-Seok Lee +5 more
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Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia, Lauraceae) seed and seedling dispersers and predators
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia(Walter) Blume) is an endangered dioecious, clonal shrub that grows in periodically flooded forests of the southeastern United States.
Andreza M. Martins +14 more
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