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forestmanagement, etc ; biodiversity; mixed forests; mortality; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Spatial structure dynamics play a major role in understanding the mechanisms of forest structure and biodiversity formation. Recently, researches on the spatial structure dynamics utilizing multi-period data have been published. However, these studies only focused on comparative analyses of the spatial structure of multi-period living trees, without an in-depth analysis of the change processes. In ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Fagus; forests; fungi; microclimate; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The reduction of deadwood due to forest management threatens saproxylic diversity. Therefore, deadwood needs to be preserved and enriched. While the importance of deadwood tree identity is well investigated, the value of different object types and microclimate for diversity is insufficiently understood. Conservation-oriented forest management, therefore, requires guidelines on how deadwood types u ...
forestmanagement, etc ; biodiversity; climate; climate change; deforestation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... In the context of the global climate and biodiversity crises, forecasting the effectiveness of Protected Areas (PAs) and forest management to conserve biodiversity in the long-term is a high priority, especially in threatened environments. By combining distribution models and conservation planning protocols, we analyzed the effect of global climate and agriculture-linked activities in the long-ter ...
forestmanagement, etc ; ecosystem management; forests; socioeconomic status; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Since the 1980s, many rural forest-based communities in the United States Pacific Northwest have experienced negative shifts in their socioeconomic well-being. Following a preceding assessment conducted in the early 2000s, we analyzed the socioeconomic status and local perspectives of change in 10 rural federal forest-based communities after 25 years of ecosystem management under the Northwest For ...
forestmanagement, etc ; economics; forest policy; private forestry; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Policies impacting forest management on privately-owned lands demonstrate remarkable variety across the United States, with each state emphasizing different approaches to balancing private property rights with the protection of public trust resources. Though private property rights are historically paramount in the US, previous researchers have identified a variety of policy approaches on private ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Borneo; Shorea; canopy; rain; research; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Logged-over forests are widespread in SE Asia, and these forests vary greatly in tree-community composition ranging from a near pristine to a greatly modified forest due to repeated high-impact logging. It is a critical concern in terms of forest management and conservation whether modified forests can recover to their original states. However, greatly modified forests may lose the resilience due ...
forestmanagement, etc ; administrative management; lumber; mortality; wood; Show all 5 Subjects
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... In the natural forests of the Amazon, it is common to find dead trees due to natural causes during forest management operations. Despite being in good condition and in large numbers, these trees are not harvested. In this study, the woody volume of dead trees (DBH ≥ 50 cm) in logging areas was quantified. Five Annual Production Units (APUs) were inventoried, four logged in different years (2002; 2 ...
forestmanagement, etc ; climate change; computer software; forests; uncertainty; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Fire is a dominant disturbance in temperate and boreal biomes, and increasing burned area with climate change may fundamentally alter forests. Improved information about how fire-induced changes to forests may feedback to affect subsequent burning at regional scales could inform forest management and climate-mitigation strategies. However, fire is simplistically represented in Earth System Models, ...
forestmanagement, etc ; biodiversity; trees; urban forestry; South Korea; Show all 5 Subjects
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... This study seeks to provide a more holistic understanding of traditional forest management. Focusing on cultural/historical sites, this paper highlights the values attributed to historical and cultural landscapes. To restore traditional landscapes and their values, we identified all of the tree species that are currently present in the Oreung royal tomb grove and Gyerim sacred grove in the city of ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Delphi method; natural resources conservation; Iran; Show all 4 Subjects
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... In Iran, mangroves are located in the south of the country, where they fulfill essential ecosystem functions, but some parts of them have been destroyed for various reasons in recent years so that it seems necessary to have a management plan consistent with the conservation of this ecosystem. But, it needs knowledge of the trend of and reasons for the degradation of these forests. So, the primary ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Cunninghamia lanceolata; bamboos; deciduous forests; deforestation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Soil aggregates are the basic structural components of soil, which are important factors that can predict erosion resistance. However, few researchers have investigated the effects of forest conversion on the stability of soil aggregates, particularly in subtropical forests. In this study, soils from various depths (0 to 30 cm) were collected from four forest types (transformed from broadleaved fo ...
forestmanagement, etc ; forest ecosystems; forests; land policy; Slovakia; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The Slovak government sought a solution to motivate forest owners to improve silvicultural measures and use close-to-nature forest management because it believes it would support all forest ecosystem services. For this reason, a new economic instrument, “Forestry Support for Fulfilling Non-productive Forest Functions” (FSfNPFF), has been recently implemented. The goal of the present study was to e ...
forestmanagement, etc ; forest policy; forests; national forests; stakeholders; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We evaluate whether national forest stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States changed their beliefs about appropriate forest management practices and policies since adoption of the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan, and whether any belief changes were due to new scientific information. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 individuals with long-term involvement in nati ...
forestmanagement, etc ; forest restoration; rural development; social forestry; Indonesia; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The government of Indonesia continues to commit to social forestry as one of its cornerstone rural development policies. Social forestry mechanisms aim to grant legal rights/ permits to groups of local communities to manage previously inaccessible state forests, with the dual aims of improving the livelihoods of rural communities and encouraging participation in forest rehabilitation. Explicit pol ...
forestmanagement, etc ; forest land; forests; private forestry; surveys; Georgia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In the state of Georgia, family forest landowners own about fifty-five percent of the forest land. This study assesses the satisfaction and needs of private forest landowners by analyzing open-ended survey questions of a state-wide survey. The comments suggest that while many forest landowners are content with forest management services in the state, access to and quality of both public and privat ...
forestmanagement, etc ; accountability; quantitative analysis; urban forestry; urban forests; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The distribution of trees and access to nature is rarely equitable across urban neighborhoods. This injustice is present in many cities, and its origins are predominantly rooted in enduring procedural and recognitional injustices. The purpose of this research was to systematically investigate Urban Forest Management Plans (UFMPs) prepared by municipalities across the United States (107 total) for ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Phyllostachys edulis; bamboos; clones; nitrogen; rhizomes; winter; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The rapid growth of young Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a giant woody clonal plant, depends on consistent nutrient supply through clonal integration. However, the effects of clonal integration on nutrient translocation and allocation in Moso bamboo remain unclear. We established an in situ study model unit consisting of a young bamboo ramet, a mature bamboo ramet, and an interconnected rhizo ...
forestmanagement, etc ; Japan; forests; lumber; research; sawmills; surveys; trees; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Japan’s postwar policies with respect to forestry management have led to the aging of planted forests and a shift toward large-diameter logs that has created a challenge for how to use such logs in the lumber manufacturing industry. In recent years, medium-diameter logs have been the predominant type, and there has been less demand for large-diameter logs. This study examines the Japanese lumber m ...
forestmanagement, etc ; decision making; forests; photogrammetry; seedlings; tree height; trees; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Silvicultural tending of seedling stands is important to producing quality timber. However, it is challenging to allocate where and when to apply these silvicultural tending actions. Here, we tested and evaluated two methodological modifications of the ordinary area-based approach (ABAOᵣdᵢₙₐᵣy) that could be utilized in the airborne laser scanning-based forest inventories and especially seedling s ...
forestmanagement, etc ; digital elevation models; forests; humus; inventories; radar; trees; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The forest growing stock is one of the key indicators in monitoring forest resources, and its quantitative estimation is of great significance. Based on multi-source data, including Sentinel-1 radar remote sensing data, Sentinel-2 optical remote sensing data, digital elevation model (DEM), and inventory data for forest management planning and design, the Lasso feature selection method was used to ...