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Tomá? ?ajdlík, Karel ?uhajda and David Pru?a
The combustibility of natural wood presents a negative impact for using this material in buildings. Timber elements can be cladded with boards made of non-combustible materials. This study represents a group of options for increasing the resistance of ti...
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Mohamed Khalfan Mohamed, Elhadi Adam and Colbert M. Jackson
Mangroves in Zanzibar have a high value for biodiversity and scenic beauty. However, mangroves are susceptible to anthropogenic and natural environmental disturbances. Although global mangrove monitoring systems exist, it is the practitioners focused on ...
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Qaisar Munir, Sanaz Afshariantorghabeh and Timo Kärki
The large volume of industrial by-products and wastes from the construction, timber and paper industries has become a serious challenge worldwide. Recycling these industrial wastes as functional materials in the construction industry is an efficient appr...
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Sifiso Xulu, Nkanyiso Mbatha and Kabir Peerbhay
Planted forests in South Africa have been affected by an increasing number of economically damaging fires over the past four decades. They constitute a major threat to the forestry industry and account for over 80% of the country?s commercial timber loss...
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Eleana Spavento,Mónica Murace,Luis Acuña,Silvia Estela Monteoliva,Mª Teresa Troya
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Aim of study: to assess the natural durability of Populus x euramericana ?I-214? against xylophagous fungi and termites, and to carry out a macro-microscopic analysis of the alterations caused by each xylophagous agent in order to get the necessary infor...
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Fernanda M. G. Ramalho,Jéssica M. Andrade,Paulo R. G. Hein
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Aim of study: To verify how well near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is able to discriminate wood specimens from natural and planted forests. This study was carried out using tropical trees from Brazil.Area of study: Wood specimens coming from Lavras (21°10...
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Philipp Kilham, Gerald Kändler, Christoph Hartebrodt, Anne-Sophie Stelzer and Ulrich Schraml
Forest growth and wood supply projections are increasingly used to estimate the future availability of woody biomass and the correlated effects on forests and climate. This research parameterizes an inventory-based business-as-usual wood supply scenario,...
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Christopher E. Soulard, Jessica J. Walker and Glenn E. Griffith
Forests in Washington State generate substantial economic revenue from commercial timber harvesting on private lands. To investigate the rates, causes, and spatial and temporal patterns of forest harvest on private tracts throughout the Cascade Mountains...
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William A. Gould, Frank H. Wadsworth, Maya Quiñones, Stephen J. Fain and Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos
Global food security concerns emphasize the need for sustainable agriculture and local food production. In Puerto Rico, over 80 percent of food is imported, and local production levels have reached historical lows. Efforts to increase local food producti...
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Kibruyesfa Sisay, Christopher Thurnher, Beyene Belay, Gerald Lindner and Hubert Hasenauer
Sustainable forest management requires a continuous assessment of the forest conditions covering the species distribution, standing tree volume as well as volume increment rates. Forest inventories are designed to record this information. They, in combin...
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