Monthly Archive:: July 2017

31 Jul 2017

The effect of coppice management on stump volume recovery in mechanized operations

Coppice stands result in slightly higher stump waste compared with planted stands, when felled mechanically by a harvester. Context. The large demand for wood fibre requires efficient production and cost-effective practices throughout the supply chain. Aims. The
31 Jul 2017

The potential of Eucalyptus plantations to restore degraded soils in semi-arid Morocco

Short-rotation forestry using eucalyptus in degraded oak forests in the semi-arid area of NW Morocco can be a useful strategy to avoid further degradation and carbon loss from this ecosystem, but it might be constrained by nutrient
26 Jul 2017

SharedIt, a Springer Nature initiative to legally share an article full-text

        There are several ways to share a published article with your network. The well-known options are Email, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn but until now, only subscribers could access the full content of the
25 Jul 2017

The use of the first industrial X-ray CT scanner increases the lumber recovery value: …

…case study on visually strength-graded Douglas-fir timber. Industrial computed tomography scanning of logs provides detailed information on timber quality prior to sawing. A sawing simulation—considering log rotation angle and knot size accuracy—revealed an average value increase of
9 Jul 2017

A SPATIAL DATASET OF FOREST MENSURATION COLLECTED IN BLACK PINE PLANTATIONS IN CENTRAL ITALY

The dataset provides an exhaustive tree inventory with forest mensuration and spatial location carried out in 54 plots sampled in 45- to 55-year-old black pine plantations, located in two areas of Tuscany (central Italy). Forest mensuration includes