BIOMASS, CARBON, AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF SECONDARY FORESTS IN A HUMID...

Ecology;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Secondary forests are rapidly becoming a common...approximately]9 x [10.sup.6] ha of secondary forests are formed annually within...and Tucker 1993). In general, secondary forests have rapid rates of aboveground...

SEED AND SEEDLING ECOLOGY OF TREE SPECIES IN NEOTROPICAL SECONDARY...

Ecological Applications;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......importance of neotropical secondary forests as sources of timber and environmental...guidelines in neotropical secondary forests. Key words: Costa Rica; forest management; neotropical secondary forests; secondary succession; seed...

MODEL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF HISTORIC [CO.sub.2] LEVELS AND NITROGEN...

Ecological Applications;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......strong effect both on vegetation development and on C and N accumulation...elevated [CO.sub.2] on vegetation development were relatively small...sub.2] affected early vegetation development, but the long-term response...

POST-DISTURBANCE ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION IN GLOBAL SECONDARY...

Ecology;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......biomass accumulation (ABA) in global secondary forests following stand-clearing disturbances...influencing ABA in most post-disturbance secondary forests. Key words: biomass accumulation...studies; climate; plant productivity; secondary forests; soil texture. INTRODUCTION In forest...

Great apes surviving against odds

New Straits Times;  July 30, 2006 ;     627 words ......300 plant species they eat in secondary forests," said French primatologist...Sabah and the majority were in secondary forests," he said. The study also showed orangutan in secondary forests move an average 200 metres to...

Colonization of old fields by trees vs. shrubs: seed dispersal and...

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and the surrounding landscape influence vegetation development. From 1992-98 at four former agricultural...F. americana and V. dentatum under short vegetation. Once established, seedlings of the shrubs...dogwood, arrowwood. Multiple pathways of vegetation development on sites with similar ...

Development of socio-economic and ecological alternatives for sustainable...

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......mountain forests have degraded into secondary forests with low productivity. To manage secondary forests on a sustainable basis, it needs...factors. A sound management model for secondary forests should be based on the willingness...

Isle Pages

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  March 25, 2007 ;     133 words ......By Garrett A. Smathers and Dieter Mueller-Dombois (Mutual Publishing) 14.95 This paperback examines five decades of vegetation development in the devastation area around the site of the 1959 Kilauea Iki Eruption. This culmination of collected data celebrates...

Working group tackles resolution of key forestry issues.(Business)

Manila Bulletin;  July 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ......awareness of the forests role, logging is more confined to secondary forests, and communities within and around forests recognize the...recognized as key indicators in the wanton destruction of secondary forests. Most upland communities rely on income from firewood gathering...

(book review)

The Geographical Journal;  September 1, 2000 ;     415 words ......fallows are dynamic, uneven-aged and structurally diverse. Secondary forests consist of up to three layers that are formed by relict...developed from seeds under the canopy of the coppicing. Secondary forests are also species rich and not dominated by a single species...

Russia's forests in retreat

The Independent - London;  December 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ......have grown naturally for centuries, while the rest are "secondary forests", poorer woods growing where old trees were cut down...the remaining ancient forests should be left alone and secondary forests and plantations should be better managed. With recycling...

Sino-Forest Secures Long-Term Wood Fibre Supply In Inner Mongolia.

PR Newswire;  July 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......managing a regeneration programme of secondary forests. Under the Master Agreement, the...professional harvesting and regeneration of secondary forests, to ensure that the regenerated areas...Autonomous Region has large areas of secondary forests, and is anticipated to provide ...

A BEAUTIFUL BIRD WITH A BLEEDING HEART

The Manila Times;  September 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......shady, relatively gentle slopes of lowland primary and secondary forests. It has not been found in elevation of more than 1,000...ground, in the thick and shady under-story of primary and secondary forests. This is where it lives and feeds, perching on low branches...

Redevelopment of Black Oak (Quercus velutina Lam.) Savanna in an Abandoned...

The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......rapid accumulation of major nutrients during the early vegetation development. Nitrogen would likely continue to accumulate beyond...this study is to investigate the processes of soil and vegetation development in the redeveloping prairie and woodland of abandoned...

FEATHERED FRIENDS.(SPORTS)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 16, 2002 ;     175 words ......VOICE: A thin, high-pitched, monotonous weesy-weesy-weesy-weesy, like a squeaky wheelbarrow. * HABITAT: Primary and secondary forests, chiefly deciduous. During migration, parks, gardens and lawn areas with trees and shrubs. * NESTING: Four or five purple-spott...