Can Wood Ashes of Commonly Planted Tree Species in Ghana be Applied as Fertilizers?

Author(s):  
Michael O. Asare ◽  
Jerry Owusu Afriyie ◽  
Michal Hejcman ◽  
Michaela Jungová Krbová
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kawamura ◽  
Yuichi Yamaura ◽  
Masashi Soga ◽  
Rebecca Spake ◽  
Futoshi Nakamura

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Špinlerová ◽  
M. Martinková

In summit parts of the Orlick&eacute; hory Mts., massive dieback of forests occurred during an air pollution/ecological disaster in the 70s to the 80s of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Destroyed stands were cut down and deforested areas were planted by more resistant species including mountain pine (Pinus mugo Turra). The aim of the paper was to assess effects of mountain pine on the prosperity of other tree species. Four localities with mountain pine stands were selected at altitudes from 1,000 to 1,115 m. In 2003&ndash;2005, growth analyses of shrubs were carried out there and basic parameters of stands were determined such as: height; cover of mountain pine, other tree species and herbs; radiation transmittance and temperature gradients. Results show the importance of the height of mountain pine stands in mitigating climatic changes in the ground layer of air, identification of the light compensation point for the mountain pine prosperity, the dependence of a growth type on outer and inner conditions of mountain pine including partly its age. Under given conditions, the present stands of mountain pine on top parts of the Orlick&eacute; hory Mts. show their justification because they create a good protection for young seedlings, self-seeding and newly planted tree species. If forest spreads there, the markedly heliophilous mountain pine will recede similarly as in case of more than hundred-year-old mountain pine in the Sowie gory Mts. in Poland.


2016 ◽  
Vol 568 ◽  
pp. 845-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi ◽  
Pedram Attarod ◽  
John Toland Van Stan ◽  
Thomas Grant Pypker
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Ecohydrology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e1830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handan Zhang ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Liding Chen ◽  
Lei Yang

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 2674-2686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margus Pensa ◽  
Helen Karu ◽  
Aarne Luud ◽  
Elga Rull ◽  
Riina Vaht

The establishment of plantations is the most common method of opencast reclamation, but few studies have addressed the influence of planted trees on the recovery of biodiversity in new forest sites. The goal of this study was to determine whether the formation of herbaceous vegetation was dependent on the tree species planted on the spoil of a reclaimed oil shale opencast in northeastern Estonia. From 2002 to 2005, the vegetation in eight different site types (distinguished according to the age and composition of tree layer) was surveyed. The results confirmed that the development of herbaceous vegetation was controlled by the dominant species of tree layer. The highest number of herbaceous species was recorded in naturally developed mixed stands. As compared with other site types, the herb layers of the pioneer stage (the vegetation in recently reclaimed sites) and alder stands were the most different. In the terms of the competitive, stress-tolerant, and ruderal strategy types, alder (Alnus spp.) stands tended to enhance the growth of competitors, whereas stress-tolerant species were more abundant in pine stands. Herbaceous vegetation remained sparse in coniferous stands, whereas broad-leaved trees tended to improve the performance of herbaceous species. Our results concur with the suggestions that planting with different tree species is one prerequisite for the development of diverse herb layer.


2021 ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Károly Rédei ◽  
Tamás Ábri ◽  
Fruzsina Szabó ◽  
Zsolt Keserű

In Hungary, the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) can be considered as the most important fast-growing, stand-forming introduced tree species. Due to its positive growing technological characteristics as well as wood utilization possibilities, at the present, black locust is the most widely planted tree species in Hungary, covering 25% of the country’s total forest area. One of the important tasks ahead of Hungarian black locust growers is to improve the quality of black locust stands with introducing selected cultivars. For the estimation of the growth rate and yield a numerical yield table has been constructed on the basis of surveys of the experimental plots established in pure,managed ’Nyirségi’ ,’Üllői’ and ’Jászkiséri’ black locust cultivars’ plantations which can be suitable for sawlogs production. In the course of 56 stand surveys the key stand characteristics were measured, and then, were reconsidered the average height, diameter (DBH), volume, basal area and stem number given separately for the main (remaining), secondary (removal) and total stands per hectare. The programmable editing procedure allows to extention and formal change of information content of the yield table according to different demands.


1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Toll ◽  
Federico J. Castillo ◽  
Pierre Crespi ◽  
Michele Crevecoeur ◽  
Hubert Greppin

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