Passive nighttime warming facility for forest ecosystem research

The Canadian Forest Service (CFS) has organized a National Forest Ecosystem Research Network of Sites (FERNS). These sites are focussed on the study of sustainable forest management practices and ecosystem processes at the stand level. Network objectives are to promote this research nationally and internationally, provide linkages among sites, preserve the long-term research investments already made on these sites and provide a forum for information exchange and data sharing. The 17 individual sites are representative of six ecozones across Canada and address the common issue of silvicultural solutions to problems of sustainable forest management. While the CFS coordinates and promotes FERNS, the network consists of local autonomous partners nationwide who benefit from the FERNS affiliation through increased publicity for their sites. Key words: long-term, silviculture, network, interdisciplinary, ecozone, ecosystem processes

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Preparation of Aquilaria microcarpa and Aquilaria beccariana Plant Types at Arboretum Dipterokarpa Forest Ecosystem Research & Development Center, Samarinda, East Kalimantan Province

AGRIFOR ◽

10.31293/af.v18i1.4119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 119

Author(s):

Hamdi Laiti ◽

Ismail Ismail ◽

Abdul Kholik Hidayah ◽

Ismail B Bakrie

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Measurement Data ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Average Diameter ◽

Primary Data ◽

Site Factors ◽

Height Measurement ◽

Ecosystem Research ◽

Development Center

In order to support the development of Aquilaria microcarpa and Aquilaria beccariana plants, specifically there is a need for research on the potential of stands in an area by considering the factors that influence the genetic abilities of individual plants that interact with the environment, including: soil or site factors, climate factors , topographic factors, plant species and animal disorders.The aim of this study was to determine the increment of diameter, height and volume of Aquilaria microcarpa and Aquilaria beccariana plant species when the plants were 8 years old in 2014 to eleven years old when the study was conducted, namely in 2017.This study uses Primary Data in the form of diameter and height measurement data that have been analyzed to produce the amount of increment and average, diameter, height and volume of plant species of Aquilaria microcarpa and Aquilaria beccariana determined as many as 50 plant samples. Determination of the sample based on the order of the population plants that have been numbered, this selection technique uses the principle of proportional sampling (systematic proportional sampling). While secondary data is obtained through the activities of collecting existing data or documents from both the library and information obtained from relevant institutions in the research needs and conducting literature studies.Based on the results of the study, it was found that the increments of Aquilaria microcarpa and Aquilaria beccariana species at the Arboretum of the Dipterocarpa Forest Ecosystem Research and Development Center in Samarinda varied. Both types of plants both experience an increase in the number of increments in diameter, height and volume per year

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Changes in abundance of vascular plants under varying silvicultural systems at the Forest Ecosystem Research and Demonstration Area, Paul Smiths, New York

10.2737/nrs-rn-169 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Mark J. Twery ◽

Elizabeth Olson ◽

Gary L. Wade ◽

Michael. Rechlin

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Ecosystem Research

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Atmospheric phase distribution of oxidized and reduced nitrogen at a forest ecosystem research site

Chemosphere ◽

10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00124-8 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 48 (7) ◽

pp. 697-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Andreas Held ◽

Thomas Wrzesinsky ◽

Alexander Mangold ◽

Jörg Gerchau ◽

Otto Klemm

Keyword(s):

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Phase Distribution ◽

Ecosystem Research ◽

Research Site ◽

Reduced Nitrogen

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A new concept in sustainable forest management – the need for forest ecosystem and landscape research

Journal of Forest Science ◽

10.17221/4650-jfs ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 50 (No. 11) ◽

pp. 520-525 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Kulhavý

Keyword(s):

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Sustainable Forest Management ◽

Forest Ecology ◽

Research Programme ◽

Economic Research ◽

Ecosystem Research ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Landscape Research ◽

The Individual

The greatest advance in ecosystem research was made in the last century. The development and acceptance of forest ecology by foresters occurred because it provided a means for recognizing, understanding, classifying and mapping the natural variation of forests. Forest ecology involved studies at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels but such studies always needed to involve the ecosystem concept. Today, the new concept of “ecosystem and landscape forestry” integrating ecological and socio-economic research has been developed on the basis of EU COST Action E-25 European Network for a Long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research Programme. An analysis has been carried out of the present situation in forest research in the Czech Republic. The need for forest ecosystem and landscape research is obvious.

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National Forest Ecosystem Inventory System of China: Methodology and Applications

Forests ◽

10.3390/f11070732 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 732

Author(s):

Bing Wang ◽

Xiang Niu ◽

Wenjun Wei

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Forest Ecosystems ◽

Ecological Indicators ◽

Indicator System ◽

Inventory System ◽

Research Network ◽

Ecosystem Research ◽

Forest Ecosystem Services ◽

The World

The technical framework of China’s Forest Ecosystem Inventory System (CFEIS) was recently developed based on ecological indicators assessed continuously in the field at forest ecosystem research stations and China’s Forest Resource Inventory (CNFRI) conducted every 5 years. The CFEIS consists of Field Observations (FOs)of ecological indicators and Distributed Valuations (DVs)of forest ecosystem services. The CFEIS can be used with the CNFRI to observe and monitor the ecological status of forests in China. This paper provides a brief review of the CFEIS by introducing its establishment and summarizing its application coupled with the CNFRI. For the FOs, the principles of the monitoring system layout are provided. The Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN) was set up, which was the largest nationwide network of forest ecological stations in the world. The facilities and equipment were systematically assembled. The national forestry standards were drawn up for describing and measuring the ecological indicators of forest ecosystems, and these standards were used to specify data collection and transmission. For DVs, a distributed measurement method was created, and an indicator system of evaluation was studied and established, with the CNFRI integrated; a series of evaluation formulas and a package of models were also integrated with the DVs. The CFEIS integrated with the CNFRI estimates forest ecosystem services in China and the ecological benefits derived from the Grain for Green program, and a green national economic accounting system will provide an important case for monitoring and inventorying forest ecosystems at a national scale. The CFEIS can provide important experiences for forest ecosystem inventory systems in China and many other parts of the world.

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