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Rubber Plantation Age Affects Soil Aggregate Stability, Organic Carbon, and Nitrogen Distribution in Hainan Island, China
Soil aggregate stability is influenced by the soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) content. However, the mechanisms by which the age of...
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Variation in above and below ground carbon storage in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation established in a grassland with a chronosequence of age
Plantation forests are one of the major carbon sinks. However, knowledge is scarce regarding the short- and long-term carbon sequestration potentials...
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Species richness, stand structure and carbon storage under an age chronosequence in Tectona grandis plantation at agricultural landscape of Indian Eastern Himalayan Foothill
Understanding the variations in plant diversity, soil physico-chemical characteristics, and biomass storage under an age chronosequence of farm...
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Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in organic farming practice and abandoned tea plantation
BackgroundThe restoration of conventional tea plantations and the adoption of organic farming practices could impact soil organic carbon (SOC) and...
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Plantation Crops and Soil Health Management: An Overview
Plantation crops are perennials, cultivated in a contiguous area in agroecosystems mostly confined to tropical belt, and comprise estate crops which...
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Carbon sequestration in a bamboo plantation: a case study in a Mediterranean area
In the Mediterranean region, despite bamboo being an alien species that can seriously alter plant and animal biocoenosis, the area occupied by bamboo...
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Changes in Soil and Weather Variables at Different Plantation Forests in Nagaland, India
The present study was undertaken to determine soil respiration and its relation with some soil or weather variables under pine plantation forest...
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Patterns and determinants of microbial- and plant-derived carbon contributions to soil organic carbon in tea plantation chronosequence
AimsTea plantation soils have great potential for carbon (C) sequestration because of the perennial nature of tea plants. Long-term tea plantations...
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Biological nitrogen fixation by legume cover plants in oil palm plantations: calibration of the ureide technique and effects of plantation age and soil nitrate
Background and AimsTo sustainably manage N in oil palm systems quantities of N fixed by cover legumes need to be understood. Current values are...
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Understory plant diversity and phenolic allelochemicals across a range of Eucalyptus grandis plantation ages
Allelopathy is an important mechanism in Eucalyptus plantations that causes detrimental impacts on understory diversity. Phenolic compounds are the...
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New Paradigms in Soil Health Management for Sustainable Production of Plantation Crops
It is crucial to achieve economic and ecological sustainability in the production of plantation crops in view of their importance to support the...
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Response of underplanted European beech to shelterwood thinning at the northeasternmost forpost plantation in Europe
The projected northwards shift in the distribution suggests an expansion of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) into the Baltics and an increase of...
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Adding Castanopsis hystrix to a Pinus massoniana plantation changed leaf phosphorus and nitrogen investment and soil nitrogen concentrations
Background and Aims Pinus massonianaLamb. is an important conifer forestry species in south China, but soil fertility has declined over time in...
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Soil respiration in a natural forest and a plantation during a dry period in the Philippines
Climate change is forecast to increase the frequency of extreme hot temperatures and dryer days and is anticipated to have profound impacts on the...
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Litter decomposition and nutrient release dynamics under Swietenia macrophylla King plantation in the Indian sub-Himalayan region
Litter decomposition plays a pivotal role in the functioning of various ecosystems in the form of recycling nutrients. Comprehensive studies on...
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Biomass Production of the Poplar Clone OP42 During the Second Rotation Plantation–The Effects of Four Thinning Treatments
Poplar ( Populus species and their hybrids) plantations can produce large amounts of biomass on agricultural land during the first rotation. However,...
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Somatic Embryogenesis of Pine Species: From Functional Genomics to Plantation Forestry
Several economically important tree species belong to the genus Pinus and many of them form the ecological base of forest ecosystems. Pine wood is...
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Nutrient retranslocation of Swietenia macrophylla King plantation in sub-humid foothills of Eastern Himalaya
Broad leaf mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla King, Family: Meliaceae) is one of the best-known and most valuable tropical timber. It is almost unique...
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Mangrove plantation and fuelwood supply chain dynamics in the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site, Ghana
Due to the overexploitation of mangrove ecosystems and subsequent decline in biomass, fringing communities of the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site...
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Ranking Research and Development Needs of Silvicultural Operations for a Plantation Forestry Cooperative
Forest Owners Organizations can help small- and medium-scale private landowners stay competitive by conducting and sharing research and development...
