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hardwood; hardwood forests, etc ; biomass; community structure; ecological function; ecosystems; ectomycorrhizae; mushrooms; overstory; reproduction; research; saprophytes; summer; symbionts; trees; New Hampshire; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Epigeous fungal fruiting has important impacts on fungal reproduction and ecosystem function. Forest disturbances, such as timber harvest, impact moisture, host availability, and substrate availability, which in turn may drive changes in fungal fruiting patterns and community structure. We surveyed mushrooms in 0.4 ha patch cuts (18 months post-harvest) and adjacent intact hardwood forest in north ...
hardwood, etc ; Salix; cultivars; ecological restoration; phytoremediation; shorelines; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Successful willow (Salix spp., hybrids and cultivars) establishment is a major determinant of their effectiveness when grown for phytotechnologies. Vertically-planted hardwood cuttings have been shown to produce adequate willow growth and survival, although site conditions at phytoremediation installations can make vertical planting methods unsuitable. The DeValix willow mat restoration technique ...
hardwood; hardwood forests, etc ; Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; fever; habitats; host seeking; livestock; parasitology; pathogens; polymerase chain reaction; public health; risk; ticks; wildlife; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Tick-borne pathogens pose a significant risk to livestock, wildlife and public health. Host-seeking behaviours may depend on a combination of infection status and environmental factors. Here, we assessed the effects of habitat type and pathogen infection on host-seeking behaviour (questing) in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Ticks were collected using a tick drag from two different habit ...
hardwood, etc ; Escherichia coli; feasibility studies; microbial contamination; softwood; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The antimicrobial characteristics of Australian commercial timber species were studied using a direct screening method and two different microorganisms. The effectiveness of timber samples was compared with plastic and paper samples during an incubation period of 24 h at 37 °C. The initial data with E. coli and S. aureus showed no difference in performance between the plastic and paper samples and ...
... Northern hardwood forests in formerly glaciated areas had been free of earthworms until exotic European earthworms were introduced by human activities. The invasion of exotic earthworms is known to dramatically alter soil physical, geochemical, and biological properties, but its impacts on soil microbiomes are still unclear. Here we show that the invasive earthworms alter soil microbiomes and ecos ...
hardwood, etc ; biomass; cellulose; cellulose nanofibers; lignocellulose; mechanical methods; softwood; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Current knowledge on the properties of different types of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) is fragmented. Properties variation is very extensive, depending on raw materials, effectiveness of the treatments to extract the cellulose fraction from the lignocellulosic biomass, pretreatments to facilitate cellulose fibrillation and final mechanical process to separate the microfibrils. Literature offers mul ...
hardwood, etc ; computer software; environment; statistical analysis; surface area; New Brunswick; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Plant area density (PAD in m²·m⁻³) defines the total one-sided total plant surface area within a given volume. It is a key variable in characterizing exchange processes between the atmosphere and land surface. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) provides unprecedented detail of the 3D structure of forest canopies. Yet, signal occlusion and uneven sampling density of the TLS point clouds limit our cap ...
hardwood, etc ; aerial parts; biometry; cultivars; genotype; greenhouses; pomegranates; vegetative growth; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The present experiment was conducted to assess the ability of the cutting of 18 pomegranate cultivars, 10 of which are local types and the other 8 are exotic varieties. The experiment was carried out in the controlled greenhouse, using two types of cuttings, semi-hardwood and hardwood and 4 IBA treatments (0, 1000, 2000 and 3000 mg L⁻¹). The measurements concerned biometric parameters of the roots ...
hardwood, etc ; Eucalyptus grandis; delamination; disodium octaborate; heartwood; polyurethanes; sapwood; shear strength; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The fundamental factors responsible for the complexities in adhesive bonding of preservative-treated wood are predominantly wood species, preservative composition, and adhesive system. It is post-effect of these factors that process variables such as assembly times and bonding pressure exert secondary influences on adhesive-bond development in preservative-treated laminates. Hence, this study inve ...
hardwood, etc ; Fraxinus; acetates; biomass; cellulose; chemical composition; formates; lignin; lignocellulose; trees; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Protic ionic liquids (PILs) have been considered effective solvents for the selective separation and recovery of cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass. However, PILs can also be utilized for the extraction and conversion of lignin into fuels and value-added products. The objective of this work was to study the extraction of lignin from ash tree (Fraxinus exselsior) hardwood biomass using three di ...
hardwood lignin, etc ; Acacia; Eucalyptus; delignification; pH; softwood; value added; waste liquors; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Lignin has shown a great potential to produce fuels, value-added chemicals, and functional materials due to its high-energy density and intrinsic aromatic-based structure. Yet, the lignin precipitation of different biomasses needs investigation because most of the work has been performed on softwood and much less is known about hardwoods. In fact, the lignin from these two wooden biomasses vary in ...
hardwood, etc ; adsorption; carboxymethylcellulose; dry strength; electrolytes; industrialization; paper; polyacrylamide; starch; tensile strength; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Light-weight paper products that contain less fibres, but with a maintained bulk and improved strength properties, are highly desirable due to the low cost of raw materials and improved logistics of packaged goods. In this respect, the adsorption capacity of dry strength additives onto fibres, which is affected by the surface charge of said fibres, is very important for the development of these me ...
hardwood, etc ; DNA; Sapotaceae; conservation status; extinction; new species; phylogeny; risk; statistical analysis; Madagascar; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The Malagasy genus Capurodendron currently accommodates 26 described species and is the largest genus of the family Sapotaceae in Madagascar. These species are frequently logged because of their valued hardwood, which potentially puts them at risk of extinction. Species‐level identifications are often problematic, and this hinders both an accurate assessment of their conservation status and the de ...
hardwood, etc ; analytical chemistry; biomass; carbon; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; ionization; solvents; wood extractives; Show all 8 Subjects
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... To enhance the characterization of wood extractives at molecular level, a detailed ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry (UHRMS)–based analytical methodology was developed in this work. The analytical strategies, including selection of compatible solvent for extraction, evaluation of ionization solvent for effective electrospray ionization, and multi-dimensional data analysis, were established to ...
hardwood, etc ; decline; ectomycorrhizae; soil carbon; spatial distribution; trees; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; New Hampshire; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Ectomycorrhizal (EM) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are often studied independently, and thus little is known regarding differences in vertical distribution of these two groups in forests where they co-occur. We sampled roots at two soil depths in two northern hardwood stands in Bartlett, New Hampshire, co-dominated by tree species that associate with AM or EM fungi. Root length of both gro ...
hardwood, etc ; Eucalyptus globulus; Eucalyptus grandis; Hymenaea courbaril; Quercus robur; industry; mechanical properties; steel; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Hardness is a key mechanical property of flooring materials. In this study, the performance of veneer floorings (with a top layer thickness of 0.6 mm) was investigated by dynamic hardness tests, comparing it with those of traditional engineered wood floorings (with a top layer thickness of 3 mm) and solid wood floorings. Two hardwoods commonly used on wood flooring, viz. Quercus robur L. and Hymen ...
hardwood, etc ; Eucalyptus; Picea; cellulose; data collection; energy; homogenization; lignocellulose; nanofibers; neural networks; prediction; softwood; Show all 12 Subjects
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... In this work a wide sample analysis, under similar conditions, has been carried out and a calibration strategy based on a careful selection of input variables combined with sensitivity analysis has enabled us to build accurate neural network models, with high correlation (R > 0.99), for the prediction of the aspect ratio of micro/nanofiber products. The model is based on cellulose content, applied ...
hardwood, etc ; cellulose; commercialization; mechanical methods; phytic acid; pulp; sonication; thermal stability; titration; zeta potential; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Even though nanocellulose has been significantly sought after as a promising nanomaterial with great merits of biorenewability and excellent mechanical and optical properties, its preparation involves multiple steps with the utilization of strong acids or expensive enzymes, which has much hindered its commercialization. In this work, we addressed this challenge by developing a facile, green, and e ...
... Surface chemical densification was recently introduced as a low cost and fast process to improve surface hardness of wood. The asymmetric density profile at the surface due to polymer filled cells was achieved through unilateral impregnation of monomers and their fast in situ polymerization under electron beam radiations. This study investigates the effect of electron beam dose on the newly develo ...
hardwood, etc ; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; climate; death; dieback; drought; growth rings; mortality; tree health; tree mortality; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Widespread increases in tree mortality have fueled the debate on the mechanisms of heat- and drought-related tree death. While much research focused on the immediate causes of tree death, the role of predisposing factors for death is not well understood. We employed tree-ring and climate sensitivity analysis of growth to study the importance of legacy effects of past disturbances for growth patter ...