Essays about: "plantation forests"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words plantation forests.

  1. 16. The Establishment of Macrobenthic Faunal Communities in Planted Mangroves of Increasing Age

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Simon Jacobsen Ellerstrand; [2017]
    Keywords : Benthos; Shannon-diversity; forestation; biodiversity; ecosystem engineers; development issues; Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : The mangrove ecosystem is a tropical coastal community inhabited by organisms adapted to the stressful environment of the tidal zone. Mangrove ecosystems has in recent years been noted for the important ecosystem services they offer. READ MORE

  3. 17. Tracing mangrove forest dynamics of Bangladesh using historical Landsat data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Md Monirul Islam; [2017]
    Keywords : Bangladesh; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; Landsat; mangroves; change detection; time-series; NDVI; supervised classification; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Present, accurate, and reliable estimation of mangrove forests in Bangladesh is limited. Former estimation of mangroves extent and density has been more or less restricted to Sundarbans and do not represent the whole country. READ MORE

  4. 18. Växter på övergivna betesmarker : förekomst, överlevnad och utdöende på 21 lokaler i Västmanland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Erik Kohlström; [2015]
    Keywords : växter; betesmarker; igenväxning; restaurering; utdöende; överlevnad;

    Abstract : Over the past century, changes in land use have led to large scale abandonment of semi-natural grasslands throughout northern Europe. During the ensuing succession species richness declines as grassland specialist plants are out-competed by a few dominant species. READ MORE

  5. 19. Överlevnad, skador och höjdutveckling 1-2 år efter plantering i södra Sverige : tall, gran, björk, hybridasp och poppel

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

    Author : Olof Burström; Oskar Olsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Pinus sylvestris; Picea abies; Betula pendula; Populus tremula x Populus tremuloides; Populus maximowiczii x Populus trichocarpa; ungskogsgödsling;

    Abstract : Kravet på användning av förnyelsebara energikällor ökar, år 2020 ska de stå för 50 % av all energianvändning. För att öka utbudet av skogsbränsle och utveckla bränslekedjan i hållbar riktning måste ny kunskap och teknik utvecklas för intensivodling av snabbväxande trädslag på skogsmark. READ MORE

  6. 20. Conservation aspects for a fragment of Araucaria moist forest in southern Brazil : Regarding species composition and diversity of a small fragment of Araucaria moist forest embedded in a matrix of pampas grassland

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Linnéa Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : Araucaria moist forest; Atlantic forest; Conservation; Fragmentation; Management; Species diversity; Southern Brazil;

    Abstract : Fragmentation of the Atlantic forest is extensive and a major reason for biodiversity loss in the South American continent. Today only a fraction of the pre-Colombian forest cover is still left and predominantly represented by isolated fragments. READ MORE