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Quality assessment of open sourced digital elevation models in southeast coast of India

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 2021
Digital elevation model (DEM) provides elevation values of the terrain. At present several open source DEMs are available and its vertical accuracy varies from place to place. The present study assessed the vertical accuracy of 1 arc-sec data of Advanced
Renganathan Mahesh, Kaladevi Jayadevan Sarunjith, Sambandan Rajakumari, Ramakrishnan Muruganandam, Ramachandran Ramesh   +4 more
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Effect of heat shock on the germination of seeds of the species Acacia senegal L. and Acacia seyal Del. from sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia).

Forest Systems, 2019
Aim of the study: Understanding post-fire germination of tree species in arid and semi-arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa. Area of study: Ethiopian Acacia senegal L. and Acacia seyal Del. forests. Material and methods: Seeds were subjected to heat shocks
Celia Herrero, Amelework Kassa, Valentín Pando, Felipe Bravo, Ricardo Alía   +4 more
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On the reproductive biology of Salacia fruticosa Wall. ex M.A. Lawson - an endemic medicinal plant of the Western Ghats, india

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Salacia fruticosa Wall. ex M.A. Lawson, an endemic species was studied for the reproductive biology as this species showed reduced fruit set and natural regeneration.
K. Subin, P. A. Jose, T. V. Sarath
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Monitoring, reporting and vrification for national REDD+programmes: two proposals [PDF]

, 2011
Different options have been suggested by Parties to the UNFCCC (United Framework Convention on Climate Change) for inclusion in national approaches to REDD and REDD + (reduced deforestation, reduced degradation, enhancement of forest carbon stocks ...
Herold, M., Skutsch, M.
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Sustainable forest management in Iran: a factor analysis [PDF]

, 2013
Since 1996, several Forest Resources Management Plans (FRMPs) have been launched by the Iranian government in order to approach sustainable forest management in the Zagros area in west and south-west Iran.
Azadi, Hossein, Hosseininia, Gholamhossein, Samari, Davood, Witlox, Frank, Zarafshani, Kiumarz   +4 more
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Making Forest Values Work: Enhancing Multi-Dimensional Perspectives towards Sustainable Forest Management [PDF]

, 2016
Background and Purpose: Sustainability, sustainable development and sustainable forest management are terms that are commonly, and interchangeably used in the forest industry, however their meaning take on different connotations, relative to varying ...
Alessandro Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro Sanches-Pereira, Anna Radtke, Cary Yungmee Hendrickson, Doni Blagojević, Dragana Stojkovic, Florian Schubert, Jelena Nedeljković, Michael Victor Galante, Mihail Hanzu, Priit Põllumäe, Salvatore Martire, Tanja Kähkönen, Veronika Fontana, Vladimir Stojanovski, Zoran Poduška   +15 more
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Retrieval of Boreal Forest Heights Using an Improved Random Volume over Ground (RVoG) Model Based on Repeat-Pass Spaceborne Polarimetric SAR Interferometry: The Case Study of Saihanba, China

Remote Sensing, 2021
Spaceborne polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry (PolInSAR) has the potential to deal with large-scale forest height inversion. However, the inversion is influenced by strong temporal decorrelation interference resulting from a large ...
Yu Mao, Opelele Omeno Michel, Ying Yu, Wenyi Fan, Ao Sui, Zhihui Liu, Guoming Wu   +6 more
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Mosaic forest management at landscape scale to enhance fungal diversity and production, in a context of forest fire-prevention in Mediterranean ecosystems

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Landscapes of oak (Quercus) forests alternated with extensive fields dominated by rockroses (Cistus) are widespread throughout the Mediterranean Basin. Due to the recurrency of fires and the mycological potential of both Quercus forests and Cistus fields,
Alba Magarzo, Ignacio Sanz-Benito, Olaya Mediavilla, María Hernández-Rodríguez, Juan Andrés Oria-de-Rueda, Tatek Dejene, Pablo Martín-Pinto   +6 more
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Estimate the Probability of Forest Fires in Heilongjiang, Northeast China

Remote Sensing, 2021
Although low-intensity forest fires are a necessary part of healthy echo system, high-intensity forest fires continue to affect the diversity of forest ecosystems and species.
Zechuan Wu, Mingze Li, Bin Wang, Ying Quan, Jianyang Liu   +4 more
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Long-term effects of mixed planting on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the roots and soils of Juglans mandshurica plantations

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Establishing mixed plantations is an effective way to improve soil fertility and increase forest productivity. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate symbiotic fungi that can promote mineral nutrient absorption and regulate ...
Li Ji, Yan Zhang, Yuchun Yang, Lixue Yang, Na Yang, Depeng Zhang   +5 more
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