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Open AccessSustainable forest biomass: a review of current residue harvesting guidelines
Forest biomass harvesting guidelines help ensure the ecological sustainability of forest residue harvesting for bioenergy and bioproducts, and hence contribute to social license for a growing bioeconomy. Guide...
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Biogeochemical Research Priorities for Sustainable Biofuel and Bioenergy Feedstock Production in the Americas
Rapid expansion in biomass production for biofuels and bioenergy in the Americas is increasing demand on the ecosystem resources required to sustain soil and site productivity. We review the current state of k...
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The Influence of Condensed Tannin Structure on Rate of Microbial Mineralization and Reactivity to Chemical Assays
We examined how tannin structure influences reactivity in tannin assays and carbon and nitrogen mineralization. Condensed tannins from the foliage of ten tree and shrub species and from pecan shells (Carya illino...
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Short-term response of salal (Gaultheria shallon Pursh) to commercial harvesting for floral greenery
Salal (Gaultheria shallon Pursh), which is widely used for floral greenery, is an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) from the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, there are ...
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Does shelterwood harvesting have less impact on forest floor nutrient availability and microbial properties than clearcutting?
Chemical and microbial properties of the forest floor were measured in 4-year-old shelterwood treatment plots in the montane coastal western hemlock biogeoclimatic zone of British Columbia, Canada, and compar...
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Improvement of nutritional site quality 13 years after single application of fertiliser N and P on regenerating cedar-hemlock cutovers on northern Vancouver Island, B.C.
Post-clearcut silvicultural treatments, to improve tree growth and reduce salal (Gaultheria shallon) competition, were established in five different forest blocks on northern Vancouver Island, in 1984. Plots were...