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Forest management and snag characteristics in Northern Iran lowland forests
... other forest contexts for the well-known diff erences due to climate, site, forest types and ...history. Forest managers need bio- diversity indicators that are easy to ...of forest management ...
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Thrips Pollination in the Lowland Forest of New Zealand
... Not all plants whose flowers fit this convergent form attract thrips. Hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium), for example, abundant in many lowland forests, bears flowers in prolific cymes. The flowers - pale ...
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Comparison of floristic composition in four sites of a tropical lowland forest on the North-Central Coast of Vietnam
... four forest types were discovered; however, no significant differences in seedling abundance were observed among the four ...logged forest than in the unlogged one; however, sapling abundance was lower in ...
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Quantifying seed dispersal by birds and possums in a lowland New Zealand forest
... disturbed lowland forest near to settlements held the highest densities of these two introduced birds, with their abundance in podocarp and Nothofagus forests being an order of magnitude lower (about ...
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Conversion of tropical forests to smallholder rubber and oil palm plantations impacts nutrient leaching losses and nutrient retention efficiency in highly weathered soils
... how forest conversion to rubber and oil palm influences nutrient leaching and the efficiency with which nutrients are retained in the ...(1) lowland forest and jungle rubber (rubber trees planted in ...
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Biology and ecology of the ship rat, Rattus rattus rattus (L ) in Manawatu (N Z ) forests : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University
... ABSTRACT Ship rats in Manawatu lowland forest were studied by snap and cage trapping for one year, and by tracking... The results are very.[r] ...
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Changes in rainfall interception along a secondary forest succession gradient in lowland Panama
... in lowland forests in Panama occurs during the first decade of forest development (Table 1, ...because forest structure changes considerably during early succession, as is reflected in a strong ...
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Species composition and seasonal capture rates of terrestrial amphipods in a lowland and highland forest in Tasmania
... a lowland forest in northeastern Tasmania and three sites in highland forest in central ...the lowland area (two), possibly due to the greater development of the litter habitat and the ...
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Occupancy Pattern Of A Forest Dependent Bird Among Coastal Forest Fragments In Northeast Tanzania
... heterogeneous forest-savannah-grassland mosaic, 2) the coastal forests, 3) a shoreline with salt flats, coastal fringe forests, herbaceous dune vegetation and mangrove forests, and 4) a maritime ...of ...
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Insect diversity and composition during the wet and dry seasons in three forest types of Johor, Malaysia
... This research involved the sampling of insect specimens in the field, followed by curation, preservation and identification of the insects collected from the family and morphospecies level. This was recorded on the field ...
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Density And Relative Abundance Of Grey Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron Bicalcaratum, Linnaeus, 1758) In Montane Broadleaved Evergreen Forest Of Mizoram, North East India
... The research was funded by Department of Science and Technology (SERB), New Delhi (No. SR/SO/AS- 29/2011 Dt. 28-05-2012). The authors also thank the Principal, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram for ...
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Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest
... Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest Merlin Sheldrake1,2, Nicholas P.. Rosenstock3, Scott Mangan2,4[r] ...
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Tree functional diversity affects litter decomposition and arthropod community composition in a tropical forest
... in lowland tropical forest in Panama; in a) mean values of specific leaf surface area (SLA; n = 9 fresh leaves per species), carbon to nitrogen ratios (C:N; n = 3 litter samples), and leaf toughness (n = 6 ...
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Bird Abundance in Different-Aged Stands of Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)—Implications for Coupe-Logging
... the forest (one in young, one in mature, and two in old stands) to determine if birds used different height tiers and/or changed their height use between stand ...
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Conserving biodiversity in New Zealand’s lowland landscapes: does forest cover or pest control have a greater effect on native birds?
... of forest cover and pest control were only those that were most common across our study region, occurring at >25% of sites (although species richness and total abundance included all species ...native ...
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Estimating logged-over lowland rainforest aboveground biomass in Sabah, Malaysia using airborne LiDAR data
... This study examined the use of airborne LiDAR to esti- mate AGB in a logged-over forest in Sabah. Among the Li- DAR variables, mean canopy height was best correlated with AGB in the logged-over forest. The ...
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Experimenting with methods to control Tradescantia fluminensis, an invasive weed of native forest remnants in New Zealand
... ha lowland podocarp/broad-leaved forest remnant heavily infested with ...Existing forest interior light levels were mostly between 7 and 16% full ...
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Characteristics of Wolverine ( Gulo gulo ) dens in the lowland boreal forest of north-central Alberta
... boreal forest of northern ...the lowland boreal forest, despite a lack of deep snow, persistent spring snow cover, or large boulders documented in other ...
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Effect of grazing on ship rat density in forest fragments of lowland Waikato, New Zealand
... Four of the eight fragments were fenced and four grazed. In each set of four, half were connected to nearby forest and half completely isolated. We conducted two replicate eradication attempts, starting at ...
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Holloway's climatic change hypothesis : a quantitative evaluation in the Longwood forests
... The most probable reason for the widespread change from lowland podocarp forest to types in which there was better representation of species which are favoured by wet sites - bog pine, r[r] ...
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