18 articles in this issue
Xavier García,Pere Casals,Jordi Camprodon
Francisco Rodríguez,Ricardo Blanco,Álvaro Aunós
Aim of study: Cross-sectional area is one of the most important forest inventory variable since it is highly correlated with growth and yield at both tree and stand levels. In this research, we evaluated the bias, precision and accuracy of three measureme... see more
Francisco Rodríguez,Iñigo Lizarralde,Felipe Bravo
Aim of study: A stem taper function and a compatible merchantable volume system are compared to evaluate which provides a better description of the stem profile for the main species in central Spain.Area of study: This research was carried out in the regi... see more
Parisa Abbasian,Pedram Attarod,Seyed M.M. Sadeghi,John T. Van Stan II,Seyed M. Hojjati
Aim of study: The objective of this study was to compare the quantity and quality of TF (throughfall) in an indigenous, but degraded, stand of Fagus orientalis and Picea abies plantation.Area of study: Forests of Kelar-Dasht region located in Mazandaran p... see more
Luiz-E. de L. Melo,José-R. M. da Silva,Alfredo Napoli,José-T. Lima,Débora-F. R. Nascimento
Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of xylem tissue cell structure, determined through biometry and basic density of the wood from Corymbia citriodora Hill & Johnson on consumption of specific 90º-0º longitudinal cutting ... see more
Giuseppe Modica,Angelo Merlino,Francesco Solano,Roberto Mercurio
Aim of study: Diagnosing the degradation degree of forest ecosystems is the basis for restoration strategies. However, there is no literature documenting how to quantify the forest degradation degree by using synthetic indicators, also because there is no... see more
Michal Allman,Martin Jankovský,Valéria Messingerová,Zuzana Allmanová,Michal Ferencík
Aim of study: The primary objective of this paper was to compare the effects of different types of forestry machine chassis on the compaction of the top layers of soil and to define the soil moisture content level, at which machine traffic results in maxi... see more
Tatiana M. Pinho,A. Paulo Moreira,Germano Veiga,José Boaventura-Cunha
Aim of study: This work aims to provide an overview of Model Predictive Controllers (MPC) applications in supply chains, to describe the forest-based supply chain and to analyse the potential use and benefits of MPC in a case study concerning a biomass su... see more
Jessica E. Lavabre,Daniel García
Aim of the study: Seed dispersal is a crucial process in tree population dynamics. In the case of yew, Taxus baccata L., seeds are dispersed by birds and mammals in a non-random, microhabitat-dependent way, a pattern constraining population renewal and ex... see more
Juan L. Nicolás Peragón,Luis F. Benito Matias,Jaime Puértolas Simón
Aim of the study: We studied the influence of nursery fertilization and post-planting light environment on the growth and survival of out-planted two-year-old yew (Taxus baccata) seedlings.Area of study: Post-planting performance was assessed at two sites... see more
Pere Casals,Jordi Camprodon,Antonia Caritat,Ana I. Rios,David Guixé,Xavier Garcia-Marti,Santiago Martín-Alcón,Lluis Coll
Aim of study: In the Mediterranean region, yew (Taxus baccata L.) usually grows with other tree species in mixed forests. Yew recruitment and juvenile growth may depend on the structure of the forest and the net balance between competition for soil water ... see more
Prudencio Fernández-González,Antonio Fernández-Morcuende,Enrique García-Gomariz,M. José Rodríguez-Rivas,Esteban Sánchez-Amador,Fernando Vasco-Encuentra
Aim of study: Our study design presents two main objectives: 1) to create a census that details the number of yew individuals and their geographic distribution, and 2) to attempt to unravel possible reproductive relationships and their connection between ... see more
Anna Cedro,Bernard Cedro
Aim of study: The aim of the study was the construction of regional chronologies for South-Western Poland for yew (Taxus baccata L.) and wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis L.), two of the rarest native tree species on the edge of their range in Europe. ... see more
Lidia Osuna-Torres,Xavier García-Martí,Elsa Ventura-Zapata,Javier López-Upton,Alejandro Zamilpa-Alvarez,Manases González-Cortázar,Maribel Herrera-Ruiz,Nadia Tapia-Barrera
Aim of study: Taxus globosa is the only species of Taxus genus that grows in Mexico, and is a tree which is protected by the Mexican Government. This plant shares, with the European species T. baccata, the ability to produce taxanes, such as taxol. The ob... see more
Peter Thomas,Xavier Garcia-Marti
Aim of study: Being the longest-lived of all European trees, capable of living significantly over 2,000 years, yew is highly likely to be negatively affected by climate change; this paper explores the changes in distribution and abundance. Main results: Y... see more
Alberto Rojo-Alboreca,Juan D. García-Villabrille,Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez
Aim of study: To present the software utilities and explain how to use EucaTool®, a free cloud computing application developed to estimate the growth and production of seedling and clonal blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) plantations in Galicia (NW S... see more
Stephen H. Bullock,J. Francisco Martínez-Osuna,Eulogio López-Reyes,José L. Rodríguez-Navarro
Aim of study: To evaluate the degree of trunk sway in relation to wind velocity, with varying temporal integration and to compare this relation among seasons.Area of study: Sierra de Juárez, Baja California, MéxicoMaterials and Methods: Displacements of a... see more