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• A Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia

  Author:Brooke N. NewmanFrom:Journal of American Ethnic History (Vol. 36, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 2016866 words Book review 1650LA Tale of Two Plantations: Slave Life and Labor in Jamaica and Virginia. By Richard S. Dunn. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014. 540 pp. Appendixes, notes, and index. $39.95 (cloth). Richard Dunn's...

• William Gilmore Simms, woodlands, and the Freedmen's Bureau

  Author:Robert R. SingletonFrom:The Mississippi Quarterly (Vol. 50, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 19967,034 words Article Letters by James C. Beecher tell of several kinds of armed conflict at Woodlands, the plantation owned by William Gilmore Simms in 1865. The letters report confrontation between Simms and his former slaves, conflict...

• Soil organic carbon dynamics of black locust plantations in the middle Loess Plateau area of China

  Authors:N. Lu, J. Liski, R. Y. Chang, X. Wu, T. T. Jin, Y. F. Wang, et al.From:Biogeosciences (Vol. 10, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 7, 201341 words Brief article Byline: N. Lu, J. Liski, R. Y. Chang, A. Akujä,rvi, X. Wu, T. T. Jin, Y. F. Wang, B. J. Fu To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• The Role of Habitat in the Persistence of Fire Ant Populations

  Authors:Walter R. Tschinkel and Joshua R. KingFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 21, 20135,769 words Article 1490LAuthor(s): Walter R. Tschinkel 1,*, Joshua R. King 2 Introduction The monogyne exotic fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren, is one of many species, both plant and animal, that is adapted to exploit ecological...

• Effect of land use in seasonal abundance of Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) in Southwestern Brazil/Efeito do uso do solo na abundancia sazonal de pombas-de-bando (Zenaida auriculata) no sudoeste do Brasil

  Authors:G.G. Silva and D.L. GuadagninFrom:Brazilian Journal of Biology (Vol. 78, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20184,639 words Article 1420LChanges at the landscape scale associated with expansion in agricultural land use and changes in agricultural practices are common causes of alteration in patterns of abundance and composition of avian communities....

• Humic Acid Composition and Characteristics of Soil Organic Matter in Relation to the Elevation Gradient of Moso Bamboo Plantations

  Authors:Hsueh-Ching Wang, Chiao-Ying Chou, Chyi-Rong Chiou, Guanglong Tian, and Chih-Yu ChiuFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 1, 20165,638 words Report 1530LStudying the influence of climatic and/or site-specific factors on soil organic matter (SOM) along an elevation gradient is important for understanding the response of SOM to global warming. We evaluated the composition...

• Reduced Population Control of an Insect Pest in Managed Willow Monocultures

  Authors:Peter Dalin, Oskar Kindvall, and Christer BjorkmanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 4, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 8, 20094,694 words Article 1510LBackground There is a general belief that insect outbreak risk is higher in plant monocultures than in natural and more diverse habitats, although empirical studies investigating this relationship are lacking. In...

• Climate and Pest-Driven Geographic Shifts in Global Coffee Production: Implications for Forest Cover, Biodiversity and Carbon Storage

  Authors:Ainhoa Magrach and Jaboury GhazoulFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 15, 20157,607 words Article 1680LCoffee is highly sensitive to temperature and rainfall, making its cultivation vulnerable to geographic shifts in response to a changing climate. This could lead to the establishment of coffee plantations in new areas...

• Transforming abandoned farm fields to conifer plantations reduces ruffed grouse density

  Authors:Christian Roy, Marc J. Mazerolle, and Louis ImbeauFrom:Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Vol. 6, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20158,485 words Report 1360LAbstract Natural forests likely will be unable to fulfill society's needs sustainably for wood fiber in the near future. In an attempt to meet increasing demands while protecting intact forests, producers have...

• Soil fungal communities differ between shaded and sun-intensive coffee plantations in El Salvador.

  Authors:Maya V. Rao, Robert A. Rice, Robert C. Fleischer, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz, and Philippe SilarFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 24, 20208,230 words Article 1510LCoffea arabica is a highly traded commodity worldwide, and its plantations are habitat to a wide range of organisms. Coffee farmers are shifting away from traditional shade coffee farms in favor of sun-intensive, higher...

• Close-range photogrammetry with spherical panoramas for mapping spatial location and measuring diameters of trees under forest canopies

  Authors:Mei-Kuei Lu, Tzeng Yih Lam, Bo-Hao Perng, and Ho-Tung LinFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 49, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20198,413 words Article 1460LMeasurement of tree attributes is important to collect information for forest management. Close-range photogrammetry with spherical panoramas has seen very little development and applications compared with aerial...

• Study of Local Revenue Sources In North Luwu Regency South Sulawesi Province-Indonesia

  Authors:Indrianty Sudirman, Mursalim Nohong, Muhammad Darwis, Muhammad Erik Kurniawan, Wahyu Hidayat, Bambang Irawan, et al.From:Advances in Environmental Biology (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20183,816 words Report 1440LThe problems in this assessment are: (1) sources of revenue based on potentials that support locally generated revenue in the District of Luwu Utara; (2) strategies and policies for enhancing local revenue sources in...

• Evaluation des services d'approvisionnement fournis par les espaces domaniaux anthropises : cas de la foret classee du Haut-Sassandra (Centre-Ouest de la Cote d'Ivoire).

  Authors:Adjo A.Y. Assale, Yao S.S. Barima, Yao C. Sangne, Deffan K.C.R. Bleu, and Kouassi B. KpanguiFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 50, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20207,525 words Report 1690LCote d'Ivoire protected forests provide ecosystem services to managers and neighbouring communities. However, their management faces many difficulties because of illegal intrusion for agricultural purposes. These...

• Avian resource use in Dominican shade coffee plantations

  Authors:Joseph M. Wunderle, Jr. and Steven C. LattaFrom:Wilson Bulletin (Vol. 110, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19985,735 words Article We quantified foraging behavior of 19 bird species in shade coffee plantations in the Dominican Republic to document and evaluate their use of food resources in the shade overstory relative to the coffee understory. All...

• The impact of a black spruce (Picea mariana) plantation on carbon exchange in a cutover peatland in Western Canada

  Authors:Tania Garcia Bravo, Line Rochefort, and Maria StrackFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 48, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20189,551 words Article 1550LNorthern peatlands are sinks for atmospheric carbon (C), but peat extraction converts these ecosystems to C sources. Due to a dry regional climate, undisturbed bog peatlands in western Canada often have a tree cover of...

• Development of a model describing modulus of elasticity across environmental and stand density gradients in plantation-grown Pinus radiata within New Zealand

  Authors:Michael S. Watt and Branislav ZoricFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 40, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20106,448 words Report Modulus of elasticity (E) is an important property in plantation grown softwoods that describes resistance of timber to deformation under load and is a key criterion in machine stress grading. This paper presents an...

• Do trade certifications alleviate economic and social deprivations of plantation workers?: A study of the tea plantation sector in India.

  Author:P.K. ViswanathanFrom:Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation (Vol. 15, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 20218,977 words Article 1690LThis paper explores the important question whether trade certifications alleviate the economic and social deprivations of workers in tea plantations in India. Following a critical assessment of the historic deprivations...

• Bluff plantation Augusta, Ga

  Author:Julia BrownFrom:Addiction Professional (Vol. 13, Issue 1)

  Winter 20151,139 words Article 1350LLocated on the banks of the Savannah River in Augusta, Ga., the 178-acre Bluff Plantation is the newest member of the RiverMend Health family of treatment centers. Offering comprehensive inpatient addiction treatment in...

• How C: N: P stoichiometry in soils and carbon distribution in plants respond to forest age in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation in the mountainous area of eastern Liaoning Province, China.

  Authors:Lijiao Wang, Xin Jing, Jincheng Han, Lei Yu, Yutao Wang, and Ping LiuFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 26, 20217,693 words Article 1360LCarbon distribution in plants and ecological stoichiometry in soils are important indicators of element cycling and ecosystem stability. In this study, five forest ages, young forest (YF), middle-aged forest (MAF),...

• Effects of Clear-Fell Harvest on Bat Home Range

  Authors:Kerry M. Borkin and Stuart ParsonsFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 22, 20145,993 words Article 1470LAuthor(s): Kerry M. Borkin **, Stuart Parsons * Introduction Clear-fell harvest - the logging of usually large areas of even-aged trees at regular intervals - has been heavily criticised for its potential impacts...