[PDF] Top 20 Three studies in forest ecology

... If the stocking is marginal of between 20 and 40 per cent it Recommended survey practice for young regeneration Regeneration surveys of 1 to 2 year old may be necessary to run further st[r] ... See full document

... few studies which have been conducted to examine the carbon storage potential of three main forest fragments; Mbololo, Ngangao and Chawia in Taita Hills (Omoro et ...to-date, studies conducted ... See full document

... Floristic distinctions within the West Indies are enhanced by endemism in the three largest islands. One third to one half of the seed plant species found there are endemic to Jamaica (32%), His- paniola (42%) and ... See full document

... the forest had belonged to the nation, and therefore its purpose was to support its citizens, but this was removed without sufficient ...the forest” (fieldnotes, March ...the forest belonged to the ... See full document

... One limitation of existing dispersal representations (and thus estimates of I and E in particular) is that they have not typically accounted for the effects of kelps themselves on phases of spore transport taking place ... See full document

... The ordination of feeding observations by principal components analysis is shown in Fig. 4, with component loadings displayed in Fig. 5. The first two axes account for 38% and 21% of the variance, respectively. Despite ... See full document

... between forest industry and ecology at home and abroad can be tracked to Sustainable Development Concept [5-10] which was put forward at the report Our Common Future by World Environmental Development ... See full document

... of forest regeneration and tree species) to predictive habitat models did not improve the predictive ability of ...as forest class and age of regen indicating these variables were also useful in predicting ... See full document

... The MRPP resulted in T = -5.45, A = 0.0024, and p = .002. The negative T-value and the very small p-value implied that the two groups (Chaga-positive and Chaga-negative trees) were strongly separated, while sample units ... See full document

... Biological control (biocontrol) uses live micro-organisms such as a parasites or organisms producing antibiosis agents to decrease specific pests, decrease abundance and lessen the damage of undesirable organisms ... See full document

... "Soil organic matter and nitrogen cycling in response to harvesting, mechanical site preparation and fertilisation in a wetland with a mineral substrate." Forest Ecology and Management 1[r] ... See full document

... their studies conducted by Hari Krishna et al. (2014); Subin (2014) respectively. However substantial land use changes have been detected within the same time span Kumar 2011; Sarma et al., 2013). Fragmentation, ... See full document

... ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge of dynamics of species diversity, abundance, dis- tribution of fruiting bodies and dominance of macromycetes in mycocoenosis of beech monocultures. The ... See full document

... of forest are annually cut and burned to sequester nutrients into the ...in forest composition, with any use of ...state forest lands and rely heavily on fire-dependent swidden agriculture for ... See full document

... of ecology and ...(Functional Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Ecology, and Methods in Ecology and Evolution) share a common reviewer ... See full document

... Macroecologists and biogeographers continue to predict the distribution of species across space based on the relationship between biotic processes and environmental variables. This approach uses data related to, for ... See full document

... J´acomo, Silveira, L., and J. Felizola (2004). Niche separation between the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), the crab-eating fox (Dusicyon thous) and the hoary fox (Dusicyon vetulus) in central Brazil. J. Zool., Lond. ... See full document

... Reproductive ecology is also an important aspect of macroscopic ecological studies on Galliformes (Jones 2001). In additional to recording breeding parameters like egg size, clutch size and incubation ... See full document

... Aleixo and colleagues add empirical evidence of the factors which control tropical forest tree mortality. The study is based on two time-series which recorded the status of trees and climatic conditions on a ... See full document

... To achieve these aims the study: documents the geographic variation of dry closedforest stands and test the hypothesis that distributional characteristics are related to fire-avoidance b[r] ... See full document