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Volume 25 Number 3 Year 2016

18 articles in this issue 

José R. Lozada,Ernesto Arends,Domingo Sánchez,Alberto Villarreal,José Guevara,Pilar Soriano,Manuel Costa

Aim of study: We evaluate palm and tree species diversity in a floodplain forest and the changes affecting the plots subjected to different intensities of selective logging.Area of study: The western alluvial plains of Venezuela.Materials and Methods: A r... see more

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Aranzazu Gomez-Garay,Beatriz Pintos,José Antonio Manzanera,Carmen Prada,Luisa Martin,José María Gabriel y Galan

Aim of study: The effect of cerium oxide engineered nanoparticles on the spore germination of the fern. Asplenium adiantum-nigrum.Area of study: France, Britanny Region, Finistére Department, Plougonvelin, in rocks near the sea.Material and methods: Asple... see more

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Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo,Jesus Beira,Juan Suarez,Georgios Xenakis,Raúl Sánchez-Salguero,Rocío Hernández-Clemente

Aim of the study: We assessed the ability of the 3-PG process-based model to accurately predict growth of Pinus sylvestris and P. nigra plantations across a range of sites, showing declining growth trends, in southern Spain.Area of study: The study area i... see more

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Celia Herrero,Vicente José Monleon,Natividad Gómez,Felipe Bravo

Aim of study: The aim of this study was to 1) estimate the amount of dead wood in managed beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands in northern Iberian Peninsula and 2) evaluate the most appropriate volume equation and the optimal transect length for sampling dow... see more

Pags. e069  

Mustafa-Nawaz Shafqat,Salina Shahid,Syed-Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani,Syed-Haider Shah,Amir Waseem

Aims of the study: This study aims (i) to monitor the amount of dust deposition during dry season in the moist temperate forest; (ii) to study nature of P fractions in the dust samples falling on the trees in the region; (iii) to study soil P fractions as... see more

Pags. e070  

Md Anamul Haque,Md. Mezanur Rahman,Sheikh Arafat Islam Nihad,Md. Ruhul Amin Howlader,Md. Mahmudul Hasan Akand

Aim of the study: To evaluate the morpho-physiological changes of Acacia auriculiformis in response to seawater induced salinity stress along with its tolerance limit.Area of study: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh.Mat... see more

Pags. e071  

Maurizio Marchi,Susanna Nocentini,Fulvio Ducci

Aim of study: To forecast the effects of climate change on the spatial distribution of Black pine of Villetta Barrea in its natural range and to define a possible conservation strategy for the speciesArea of study: A rear-edge marginal population of Pinus... see more

Pags. e072  

Suleyman Coban,Alper H. Colak,Ian D. Rotherham

Aim of study: This paper provides an analysis of growth and survival of twenty–year–old Scots pine saplings in relation to canopy cover density (CCD) gradients, from dense (D–CCD), sparse (S–CCD), and gap (G–CCD) situations.Area of study: Aladag (Bolu) in... see more

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Noureddin Nourian,Shaban Shataee-Joibary,Jahangir Mohammadi

Aim of study: The objective of the study was the comparative assessment of various spatial resolutions of optical satellite imagery including Landsat-TM, ASTER, and Quickbird data to estimate the forest structure attributes of Hyrcanian forests, Golestan ... see more

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Leticia Pafundi,Maria Florencia Urretavizcaya,Guillermo Emilio Defosse

Aim of the study: to analyze, within a Pinus contorta plantation, the effects of artificially created small rectangular and small medium circular canopy gaps on: i) photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), and soil temperature and moisture, and ii) survival... see more

Pags. e075  

María Quirós Segovia,Sonia Condés Ruiz,Karel Drápela

Aim of the study: The main objective of this study was to test Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) for developing height-diameter curves for forests on a large scale and to compare it with Linear Mixed Models (LMM).Area of study: Monospecific stands ... see more

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Shengqi Jian,Xueli Zhang,Zening Wu,Caihong Hu

Aim of the study: We analyzed the water-use strategy of P. tabulaeformis and determine the relationships between environmental factors and transpiration rates in the P. tabulaeformis woodlands.Area of study: Loess Plateau region of Northwest China.Materia... see more

Pags. e077  

Filipe Martins,Cristina Alegria,Gil Artur

Aim of the study: Acacia dealbata is an alien invasive species that is widely spread in Portugal. The main goal of this study was to produce an accurate and detailed map for this invasive species using ASTER multispectral imagery.Area of study: The centra... see more

Pags. e078  

Rafael Calama,Javier Gordo,Guillermo Madrigal,Sven Mutke,Mar Conde,Gregorio Montero,Marta Pardos

Aim of the study: To present a new spatiotemporal model for Pinus pinea L. annual cone production with validity for Spanish Northen Plateau and Central Range regions. The new model aims to deal with detected deficiencies in previous models: temporal short... see more

Pags. e079  

Dolores Agúndez Leal,Soumana Douma,javier Madrigal,Almudena Gómez-Ramos,Barbara Vicenti,Ricardo Alía,Ali Mahamane

Aim of study: Indigenous woody species play an important role as a complement on the diet of rural populations in Niger, especially in periods of food scarcity. However, these species are nowadays overexploited and management programmes are necessary to c... see more

Pags. e080  

Cristina Fernández Filgueira,José A. Vega Hidalgo

Aim of study: To evaluate how a plant community responded to a backfire that occurred four years after application of different types of fuel-reduction treatments.Area of study: Erica umbellata Loefl. (L.)-dominated heathland in Galicia (NW Spain).Materia... see more

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Anatoliy A. Khapugin,Elena V. Vargot,Gennadiy G. Chugunov,Nikita I. Shugaev

Aim of study: Biological invasions are one of the most important areas of forest research. In this study, we revealed invasibility of fire-damaged forests at the southern boundary of the taiga zone.Area of study: The Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Central... see more

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