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Forest Management Zone Design with a Tabu Search Algorithm [PDF]
Increased conflicts between timber production and environmental protection led some analysts to advocate land-use segregation, often referred to as forest management zoning.
Emina Krcmar +3 more
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Scientifically based biodiversity management in timber concessions: contribution to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity [PDF]
, 2016 During the past 25 years, forest laws in Central African countries have undergone major changes. Management plans were made mandatory: nearly 19 million hectares of timber concessions (38% of total granted concessions) were subject to a management plan ...
Bayol, Nicolas +4 more
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Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.First confirmed breeding of the Brown Hornbill in China, documented through cooperative feeding in Shangyong Protected Area. ABSTRACT The Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni), a Near Threatened frugivore, reaches the northern edge of its distribution in southern Yunnan, China, yet breeding had not been previously documented with site‐attributed nests in
Junsong Li +8 more
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Experimental Analysis of the Post-Fracture Behaviour of Laminated Glass With Bolted Connections
Slovak Journal of Civil EngineeringEnsuring the sufficient residual resistance of glass structures after the failure of one glass ply to the failure of all the glass plies is an integral part of the design of glass structures.
Ondrušková Lucia +3 more
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Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.We collated detections of the sun bear from new and previously published camera trap studies across its range. We then analysed these detections at two different spatial scales to assess the habitat associations and diel activity of this species. We found that the sun bear is tolerant to moderate habitat disturbances. ABSTRACT Degraded tropical forests,
Alexander Hendry +5 more
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.Revegetating the subsoil layer of abandoned gold mined sites with the perennial legumes Leucaena Leucocephala, Pueraria phaseoloides and Gliricidia sepium without any soil amendments increases the content of soil organic carbon and important macro‐nutrients, which are crucial for restoring soil health and productivity. These improvements in soil health
Enoch Opoku +4 more
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Modeling Of Active Bending By The Method Newton-Raphson And The Modified Newton-Raphson
Civil and Environmental EngineeringThe paper deals with the modelling and analysis of a single layer timber gridshell produced by active bending. Two geometrically nonlinear calculation methods, the Newton-Raphson method and the Modified Newton-Raphson method, are compared for the ...
Herda Roman +2 more
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Timber roof structure for outdoor auditorium in Parque Paraiso, San Blas (Madrid)
, 2009 p. 468-475A timber shell structure is designed to provide covering for an outdoor auditorium in Madrid (Spain). The covering comprises five independent overlapped marquees with similar shape but diverse dimensions.
ANTON, Arturo +2 more
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On the performance of massive and woodframe passivehouses in Belgium : a field study [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper we present the results of a field study in which the indoor climate and the energy use for space heating in 6 passive houses in Belgium were monitored.
Delghust, Marc +4 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Facing a novel plague pandemic, military invasions, and political–economic transformations, societies of the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire had to adapt to a variety of pressures and new ways of exploiting their natural environments during the mid‐1st millennium CE.
Cristiano Vignola +7 more
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