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Synthesis: Steps Towards Sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
The maturity of tropical silviculture is reflected in this volume. Papers address not only the technical aspects of tree culture, but also stress the ecological, social and economic issues which may be the critical success factors in many forestry ...
Vanclay, Jerome K.
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twoe: An R package for modelling tropical forest dynamics from permanent sample plots using a hierarchical Bayesian approach to capture species diversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Permanent sample plots are commonly used in tropical forest ecology for conservation and management purposes. Longitudinal tree data can be used to estimate species demographic functions which can then be implemented in forest dynamics simulators to help
Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie   +2 more
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Effect of Fertilization on the Performance of Adult Pinus pinea Trees

open access: yesBiology
Background: Pinus pinea L. (stone pine) produces pine nuts of high value. Its cultivation is carried out in forests and plantations, with intensive management techniques being studied to stimulate diameter growth, which is positively related to cone ...
Verónica Loewe-Muñoz   +4 more
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Extended Benefit-Cost Analysis of Management Alternatives: Pagbilao Mangrove Forest [PDF]

open access: yes
Mangroves are important fish hatcheries. It prevents coastal erosion and provides timber resources. However, it limits land access to coastal and fishpond areas. This article presents a cost-benefit analysis on mangrove preservation.natural resources and
Janssen, Ron, Padilla, Jose E.
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Digital Preservation and Access of Natural Resources Documents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Digitization and preservation of natural resource documents were reviewed and the current status of digitization presented for a North American university.
Bullard, Steven H   +4 more
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Multiple-use forest management in Central Africa: Perceptions, implementation and evolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although multiple-use forest management (MUFM) is supported by forestry laws in the Congo Basin countries, this approach remains confused, misunderstood and little implemented.
Essoungou, Julienne Nadège   +1 more
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Assisted natural regeneration: a tool for degraded tropical forests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A major part of anthropic impacts on natural tropical forests in central Africa is related to unmanaged shifting agriculture and fuelwood extraction by local communities, mainly along access tracks (roads, rivers,...)and at the edge of forests.
Dubiez, Emilien   +3 more
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What kind of silviculture?

open access: yesForest@, 2006
This editorial stresses the need for a kind of silviculture that could address properly the profound changes in the wood market determined by the globalization of the economy and the most stringent environmental issues.
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Effects of thinning, burning, seeding, and slash arrangements on understory communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona

open access: yesAll Results Journals: Biol, 2011
Pinyon-juniper woodlands are a dominant ecosystem in the American Southwest that have been increasing in density over the last century, generating concerns about the effects on wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and wildfire risk. We tested 16 treatment
Maria Irwin, Alex Finkral, John Bailey
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Fallows, agroforests and forests: should tropical silviculture go beyond the forest margin? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Over the recent years, studies on small scale, chainsaw logging in a number of countries of West and Central Africa have documented the gap between timber production as recorded in official statistics vs. actual national production.
Cerutti, Paolo Omar   +3 more
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