Search Results

• • 445 

    Academic Journals

  • Sort by: sorttype.publication.date.desc Newest sorttype.publication.date.asc Oldest sorttype.relevance Relevance

• Statistical models to identify stand development stages by means of stand characteristics

  Author:Markus O. HuberFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 41, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20118,949 words Report 1520LStand development stages differ mainly in terms of stand structure, stand density, and mortality patterns. As the fulfilment of socio-economic forest functions often depends on stand structure and density, knowledge of...

• The business of sustainable forestry: Meshing operations with strategic purpose

  Authors:Stuart Hart, Matthew Arnold, and Rb DayFrom:Interfaces (Vol. 30, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May-June 20007,364 words Article A new model to define sustainable forest management is proposed, based on field studies, and literature on environmental strategy. We developed a new framework for defining sustainable forest management (SFM) based on...

• Natural resource management in the Brazilian Amazon: an integrated research approach

  Authors:Christopher Uhl, Joao Do Rio, Adalberto Verissimo, Edson Vidal, Paulo Amaral, Ana Cristina Barros, et al.From:BioScience (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 19975,903 words Article An active civil society and political will are requisites for the sustainable management of Amazonian forests. Case studies, economic analyses, policy research and enforcement studies can provide useful information for...

• Issues concerning landowner management plan adoption decisions: a recursive bivariate probit approach

  Authors:Omkar Joshi, Donald L. Grebner, Ian A. Munn, and Robert K. GralaFrom:International Journal of Forestry ResearchPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20155,493 words Article 1560LDespite the likely benefits of having a written forest management plan, a small number of landowners in the United States have the one. A recursive bivariate probit model was used to identify the possible relationship...

• Forestry Alters Foraging Efficiency and Crop Contents of Aphid-Tending Red Wood Ants, Formica aquilonia

  Authors:Therese Johansson and Heloise GibbFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 13, 20125,939 words Article 1470LAuthor(s): Therese Johansson * , Heloise Gibb Introduction Anthropogenic disturbance, mainly through urbanization, forestry and agriculture, has severe impacts on ecosystems worldwide, affecting ecosystem...

• A meta-analysis on the impacts of partial cutting on forest structure and carbon storage

  Authors:D. Zhou, S. Q. Zhao, S. Liu, and J. OedingFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 5, 201330 words Brief article Byline: D. Zhou, S. Q. Zhao, S. Liu, J. Oeding To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• First come, first served? The partial devolution of forest management promotes rights competition--from the application process for hutan desa, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

  Author:E. FujiwaraFrom:International Forestry Review (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20179,521 words Article 1510LThis article explores the competition over rights to land that plays out in the process of applying for formal recognition of hutan desa (village forest); a new form of community forest management in Indonesia. Despite...

• A simple Bayesian belief network for estimating the proportion of old-forest stands in the Clay Belt of Ontario using the provincial forest inventory

  Authors:D. Cyr, S. Gauthier, D.A. Etheridge, G.J. Kayahara, and Y. BergeronFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 40, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20107,547 words Report The differences between boreal forest landscapes produced by natural disturbance regimes and landscapes produced by harvesting are important and increasingly well documented. To continue harvesting operations while...

• Estimation of standing dead tree class distributions in northwest coastal forests using lidar remote sensing

  Authors:Christopher W. Bater, Nicholas C. Coops, Sarah E. Gergel, Valerie LeMay, and Denis CollinsFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 39, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20096,957 words Report The amount and variability of living and dead wood in a forest stand are important indicators of forest biodiversity, as it relates to structural heterogeneity and habitat availability. In this study, we investigate...

• The potential of REDD+ in supporting the transition to a Green Economy in the Congo Basin/El potencial de REDD+ en el apoyo a la transicion hacia una economia verde en la cuenca del Congo/Potentiel de la REDD+ pour soutenir la transition vers une economie verte dans le Bassin du Congo

  Authors:K.E. Enongene and K. FobissieFrom:International Forestry Review (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20169,487 words Report 1750LThis study explores how the proposed activities by the Congo Basin countries to reduce drivers of land emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) could support the transition to a green economy and low...

• Two centuries of forest compositional and structural changes in the Alabama Fall Line Hills

  Authors:Lauren E. Cox and Justin L. HartFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 174, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20156,993 words Article 1370LDocumenting changes in forest composition and structure through time and in response to disturbances strengthens our understanding of the processes that have created contemporary forest ecosystems. Results from these...

• Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone/Criteres et Indicateurs pour la gestion durable des forets: enseignements tires dans le Cone Sud/Criterios e Indicadores para el manejo forestal sustentable: lecciones aprendidas en el Cono Sur.

  Authors:P. Laclau, A. Meza, J. Garrido Soares de Lima, and S. LinserFrom:International Forestry Review (Vol. 21, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20196,326 words Article 1850LThe Southern Cone countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have a common background regarding land use and land cover with a total of 46 million ha of forests whose benefits are prospering for the regional framework of...

• A gift programme for sustainable forest management? A Swiss perspective on public policies and property rights.

  Authors:Leonard Creutzburg, Tamaki Ohmura, and Eva LieberherrFrom:Geographica Helvetica (Vol. 75, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  May 6, 2020179 words Brief article For multifunctional forests that seek to fulfil societal, environmental and economic demands, active forest management is key. However, like in many other western European countries, Switzerland's small-scale private...

• Integrating biophysical controls in forest growth and yield predictions with artificial intelligence technology

  Authors:M. Irfan Ashraf, Zhengyong Zhao, Charles P.-a. Bourque, David A. MacLean, and Fan-Rui MengFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 43, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20136,200 words Report 1420LGrowth and yield models are critically important for forest management planning. Biophysical factors such as light, temperature, soil water, and nutrient conditions are known to have major impacts on tree growth....

• Management strategy forest management unit XV jeneberang II and forest management unit XII Walanae with Swot analysis.

  Authors:Muhammad Hidayat, Syamsu Alam, and RidwanFrom:Advances in Environmental Biology (Vol. 14, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20201,801 words Article 1630LThe forest management Awota, who is currently forest management Unit XII Walanae (SK. No. 665/MENLHK/SETJEN/PLA. 0/11/2017 on the establishment of Unit protection forest management and production forest management Unit...

• Assessing impacts of selective logging on water, energy, and carbon budgets and ecosystem dynamics in Amazon forests using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator.

  Authors:Maoyi Huang, Yi Xu, Marcos Longo, Michael Keller, Ryan G. Knox, Charles D. Koven, et al.From:Biogeosciences (Vol. 17, Issue 20) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19, 2020432 words Article Tropical forest degradation from logging, fire, and fragmentation not only alters carbon stocks and carbon fluxes, but also impacts physical land surface properties such as albedo and roughness length. Such impacts are...

• Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure?

  Authors:Andrea Piotti, Stefano Leonardi, Myriam Heuertz, Joukje Buiteveld, Thomas Geburek, Sophie Gerber, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 5, 20137,008 words Article 1630LThe fine-scale assessment of both spatially and non-spatially distributed genetic variation is crucial to preserve forest genetic resources through appropriate forest management. Cryptic within-population genetic...

• A Quantitative Evaluation of the Conservation Umbrella of Spotted Owl Management Areas in the Sierra Nevada

  Authors:Ryan D. Burnett and L. Jay RobertsFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 23, 20158,874 words Article 1610LWhether by design or default, single species management often serves as an umbrella for species with similar habitat requirements. In recent decades the focus of National Forest management in the Sierra Nevada of...

• Incorporating acoustic objectives into Forest Management Planning when sensitive bird species are relevant

  Authors:Carlos Iglesias-Merchan, Esther Ortiz-Urbina, Marta Ezquerro, and Luis Diaz-BalteiroFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  May 16, 201913,127 words Article 1670LBackground The potentially negative effects of timber harvesting on biodiversity and habitat conservation leads to the consideration of a wide range of restrictions to forest logging in natural areas. In particular,...

• 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...