Nutritional Costs of Shortened Rotations in Plantation Forestry

1986 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
R. J. Raison ◽  
W. J. B. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Plantation Forestry

scholarly journals Evaluating Plantation Forest vs. Natural Forest Regeneration for Biodiversity Enhancement in Hong Kong

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
Janet E. Nichol ◽  
Sawaid Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Plantation Forestry ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Natural Forest Regeneration ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Global trends predict a continuous increase in the proportion of forest occupied by plantations up to the end of the 21st century, while a dramatic loss of biodiversity is foreseen as a result of anthropogenic exploitation and climate change. This study compares the role and performance of plantation policies in Hong Kong, with natural regeneration of secondary forest, using detailed spatio-temporal data extracted from a previous study. The study extends over a 70-year period from 1945 to 2014 using aerial photographs and satellite images of five time periods to document spatio-temporal trends in plantation forestry and natural forest succession. Field data on species richness and woody biomass at different stages of forest succession are compared with available data from plantations in the same study area. Results indicate that plantation forests support relatively few native species in the understory, with much lower species richness than naturally regenerated forest, even after 6 to 7 decades. Time-sequential maps of habitat change show that natural forest succession from barren grassy hillsides, progressed at an annual rate of 7.8%, from only 0.2% of the landscape post WWII, to over 37% today. Plantation forestry on the other hand has been less successful, and has even acted as a barrier to natural forest regeneration, as mono-cultural plantations from the late 1960s to 1980s are still plantations today, whereas other similar areas have succeeded naturally to forest. The theory of plantations acting as a nurse crop for a woody native understory is not supported, as Pinus massoniana plantations, destroyed by two deadly nematodes during the 1970s, apparently had no woody understory, as they were seen to have reverted to grassland in 1989 and are still mainly grassland today.

Plantation Forestry in South Africa and its Impact on Biodiversity

1998 ◽  
Vol 182 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Armstrong ◽  
G. Benn ◽  
A. E. Bowland ◽  
P. S. Goodman ◽  
D. N. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Plantation Forestry ◽  
Impact On Biodiversity

Plantation forestry in the tropics

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-235
Author(s):  
B. Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Plantation Forestry ◽  
The Tropics

scholarly journals Plantation forestry diseases in Zambia: Contributing factors and management options

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 802-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Chungu ◽  
Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo ◽  
Michael J. Wingfield ◽  
Jolanda Roux
Keyword(s):  
Plantation Forestry ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Management Options

Hysteresis resulting in forestry heat storage underestimation: A case study of plantation forestry in northern China

2019 ◽  
Vol 671 ◽  
pp. 608-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Han Yu ◽  
Guo-Dong Ding ◽  
Guang-Lei Gao ◽  
Yuan-Yuan Zhao ◽  
Ke Sai
Keyword(s):  
Heat Storage ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Plantation Forestry

Estimating isolation distances for genetically modified trees in plantation forestry

2004 ◽  
Vol 179 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Linacre ◽  
Peter K. Ades
Keyword(s):  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Plantation Forestry ◽  
Isolation Distances
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