Forest plantations
Distance to edges, edge contrast and landscape fragmentation: interactions affecting farmland birds arounf forest plantations
... nearest forest edge was the main variable used to investigate bird responses to ...reflecting forest plantation characteristics, edge contrast and landscape context (Table 1) were used to examine the influ- ...
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A critical survey of optimization methods in industrial forest plantations
... One of the main reasons for filtering the initial set of 203 papers was the consideration of the term ‘planta- tion’ in short or medium rotations. Thus, 50 years of age was selected as a top limit for the rotation ...
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Lateral stability limits of farm tractors for forest plantations in steep areas Limites da estabilidade lateral de tratores agrícolas para plantações florestais em áreas inclinadas
... The lateral stability of tractors to prepare land for forest plantations and maximum angles of security for the movement of farm tractors in steep areas were evaluated. The determination of these maximum ...
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Distance to edges, edge contrast and landscape fragmentation: interactions affecting farmland birds around forest plantations
... nearest forest edge was the main variable used to investigate bird responses to ...reflecting forest plantation characteristics, edge contrast and landscape context (Table 1) were used to examine the influ- ...
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Comparing Johnson's Sb and Weibull functions to model the diameter distribution of forest plantations through ALS data
... ALS forest inventory is the area-based approach (ABA), where metrics are extracted from the normalized height of the LiDAR data cloud (NHD) and used to predict the forest variables ...effective ...
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Plantation-Seeding Forest Plantations – the New Method for Regeneration of Coniferous Forests at Large Clearings on Burned Lands
... The new method of restoration of coniferous stands on large felling areas on burnt lands that lack seed trees is discussed. It involves limited planting of big grafted seedlings of quality wood, that have a high level of ...
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Field data collection and analysis of canopy and litter interception in commercial forest plantations in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa
... and the litter is lost, and water that enters the litter ought not to be considered as an entirely separate store from soil water. This is highlighted by Schaap et al. (1997) who modelled the forest floor litter ...
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Spectral characterization of forest plantations with Landsat 8OLI images for forest planning and management
... Abstract – The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of Landsat 8/OLI images to differentiate the age and estimate the total volume of Pinus elliottii, in order to determine the applicability of these data in ...
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Vegetation structure, carbon sequestration potential and species conservation in four agroforestry systems in Cameroon (Tropical Africa)
... Some proposals indicate that REDD should be integrated into a broader approach that includes the use of other lands. Also, in order to optimize the fi ght against climate change, the northern industrial countries should ...
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SOIL FAUNA AS BIOINDICATOR OF RECOVERY OF DEGRADED AREAS IN THE CAATINGA BIOME
... Greatest values of richness, diversity and uniformity in the NFC, compared with CWT and WAT, were expected, since the greater ecological complexity of its soil fauna community was probably due to the greater structure ...
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Effect of Brachiaria Grass on Vegetative Development of Teak
... in forest plantations and should be avoided as much as possible in the early formation stages of the forest stand, prior to canopy closure (Pitelli & Marchi, ...
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MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Pisolithus IN SOIL UNDER EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS IN BRAZIL
... eucalypt plantations in Brazil, Kenya and the Mediterranean region grouped together with eucalypt-associated Australian ...eucalypt plantations in the Mediterranean basin is Australia; the co-introduction ...
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NITROGEN BALANCE IN SOIL UNDER EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS
... eucalyptus plantations is essential for the development of strategies that maximize the efficient use of N for this ...eucalyptus plantations at different ages (1, 3, 5, and 13 ...
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Photosynthetic analyses of two native Atlantic Forest species in regenerative understory of eucalyptus plantation
... abandoned plantations of eucalyptus (Corymbia ...the forest border areas of the REBIO ...of forest clearings and has exposed the understory to new microclimatic ...three forest areas with ...
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When attributed to mixed rain forest, the term “mixed” refers to the presence of the gymnosperms Araucaria an- gustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze (Brazilian pine) and Podocarpus lambertii Klotzsch ex Endl. (pinheiro-bravo) in association
... For the upper stratum, we estimated the H’ at 4.12 (4.11 < H’ < 4.30, using 95% jackknife confi dence intervals). Th e community showed low dominance, as evidenced by the estimated J’ and MC values (0.84 and ...
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Multiresolution quantification of deciduousness in West Central African forests
... Numerous field visits performed by some of these authors also provided information for data validation. However, a systematic/statistical analysis of the correspondence between floristic gradients and phenology patterns ...
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Natural Waters 1n Amazoriia
... The principie source of soluble calcium in cycling water of a Riverine forest, a Carrasco forest and 3 terra firme Rain forest communities was the forest vegetation[r] ...
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Economic damage level for leaf-cutting ants in function of the productivity index of eucalyptus plantations in an Atlantic Forest region.
... eucalyptus plantations have been studied in areas with different densities of ant nests, being important to estimate losses caused by leaf-cutting ...eucalyptus plantations in the region of Atlantic ...
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Didiane Ana Gonçalves1 , Ana Carolina da Silva1 , Pedro Higuchi1 , Aline Gross
... the forest-river edge and forest interior sectors (NMDS overlapping ...the forest/non-forest matrix edge, such as Lithrea brasiliensis Marchand, Vernonanthura discolor ...the ...
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WATER EROSION RISK PREDICTION IN EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS
... planted forest) with no tillage (minimum cultivation), ...(native forest-Atlantic Forest), common regional land use (pasture planted with Brachiaria ...
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