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BioResources, 2015 The effects of seasoning on resistance of sapwood and heartwood of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., Acacia nilotica Wild., and Pinus wallichiana A. B. Jacks against consumption by Odontotermes obesus (Ramb.) was evaluated in no-choice and choice laboratory and ...
Rushda Fatima +3 more
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HEATING COSTS AND HOUSEHOLD WOOD STOVE ACQUISITION: A DISCRETE CHOICE DEMAND MODEL [PDF]
Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1985 This paper examines the acquisition of wood stoves by New Hampshire households through use of a utility-maximizing discrete choice model. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that wood stoves are acquired to decrease the monetary costs of home-heating.
Hardie, Ian W., Scodari, Paul F.
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Wood As Construction Material: A “Common” Choice for Carbon Management? [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2013 he interest in wood as building material is experiencing arenaissance, a development spurred by the concern aboutthe global climate and the limit of natural resources. Asopposed to other building materials, wood is a renewableresource.
Ritter, Eva +4 more
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The Composition and Termicidal Activity of Vinegar from Medang Wood (Cinnamomum sp.) under Different Pyrolysis Temperature [PDF]
Floresta e Ambiente, 2023 The degradation of wood caused by termite infestations is widely recognized as a substantial concern. Therefore, the development of alternative, environmentally-friendly preservation of wood is needed to reduce environmental pollution. The study aimed to
Hasan Ashari Oramahi +3 more
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Nutritional preferences of wood-feeding termites inhabiting floodplain forests of the Amazon River, Brazil [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1998 The alimentary preferences of five species of wood-feeding termites of the genus Nasutitermes that coexist in the inundated forests of the floodplains of the Amazon river várzea for species of fresh wood and for wood in different stages of decomposition ...
Norma Cecilia Rodriguez BUSTAMANTE +1 more
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Wood Specific Gravity Variations and Biomass of Central African Tree Species: The Simple Choice of the Outer Wood [PDF]
PLOS ONE, 2015 Wood specific gravity is a key element in tropical forest ecology. It integrates many aspects of tree mechanical properties and functioning and is an important predictor of tree biomass. Wood specific gravity varies widely among and within species and also within individual trees.
Jean-François Bastin +10 more
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FOOD PREFERENCE OF Microcerotermes diversus Silv. (ISOPTERA, TERMITIDAE) TO THE WOODS OF SOME FOREST TREES* [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2005 The result of feeding preference study of the termite Microcerotermes diversus Silv to the different species of wood tested ( Platanus orientals , Populus nigra , Cupresses sempervirens , Salix acmophylla ,, Pinus brutia and Eccalyptus ...
Nazar M. Al-Mallah
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Physical properties of four ring-porous hardwood species: Influence of wood rays on tangential and radial wood shrinkage [PDF]
, 2019 Some relationships between ray proportions, strength and shrinkage properties and basic density in hardwood species were highlighted. A better understanding of their relationships caused by the variation in moisture content in the hygroscopic domain ...
Candelier, Kévin +4 more
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Mate Choice in the Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica [PDF]
Evolution, 1981 Since Darwin's (1871) introduction of the theory of sexual selection, studies of mating associations have emphasized three patterns: (1) male-male competition (intrasexual selection) for control of females (Parker, 1970; Le Boeuf, 1974; Davies and Halliday, 1979; Wells, 1979), (2) male control of resources favored by females (Thornhill, 1976; Wells ...
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Археология евразийских степей, 2023 On the example of preservation of wood samples with disaccharide Trehalose and PEG-1500 polyethylene glycol, a method of control over the process of saturation of archaeological wood with consolidant solutions in impregnating baths is presented.
Valentina I. Gordyushina +1 more
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