Essays about: "enrichment planting"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words enrichment planting.

1. 6. The effects of mother trees and site conditions on the distribution of natural regeneration establishment in a Bornean rainforest disturbed by logging and fire

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Sebastian Backlund; [2013]
   Keywords : Dipterocarpaceae; Dipterocarps; dispersal; mother trees; natural regeneration; site factors; tropical rainforest; Dipterocarper; moderträd; naturlig föryngring; spridning; ståndortsfaktorer; tropisk regnskog;

   Abstract : In the tropics, logging and wild fire can result in degraded secondary forests with lower biodiversity than in the natural forest. One way to limit forest degradation is to rehabilitate the present large areas of secondary forests. READ MORE

3. 7. Effects of ten year old enrichment plantings in a secondary dipterocarp rainforest : a case study of stem and species distribution in Sabah, Malaysia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Viveca Luc; [2010]
   Keywords : artificial gaps; Borneo; Dipterocarpaceae; forest degradation; forest fire; forest rehabilitation; liberation;

   Abstract : Large areas of forests in the tropical region have during the last decades been lost and converted to new land uses while other areas have been degraded into secondary forests. These secondary forests need to be restored and rehabilitation through enrichment planting and liberation may help to speed up the recovery process. READ MORE