Secondary succession of spontaneous flora after deforestation and self-reforestation

From Deforestation to Reforestation In New England

Deforestation / Reforestation in Mediterranean Europe: The Case of Greece

Forests perform multiple and interrelated social, economic and environmental functions and can be comprised among the ecosystems with the greatest biodiversity. The contribution of forests is multiple and renewable and, therefore, they constitute a most valuable natural resource. The benefits / values of forests can be divided into those of direct and indirect use. The first category includes t...

Impacts of Afforestation, Deforestation, and Reforestation on Forest Cover in China from 1949 to 2003

gauge instrument or prism was introduced, which significantly expedited the process. There was no national forest resource information in China during 1963–1972. The first NFI was performed during 1973–1976, in which a stratified systematic sampling technique was used to locate NFI sample plots. Each province, autonomous region, or municipal city designed one or more sampling populations accord...

Agent-based modeling of deforestation in southern Yucatan, Mexico, and reforestation in the Midwest United States.

We combine mixed-methods research with integrated agent-based modeling to understand land change and economic decision making in the United States and Mexico. This work demonstrates how sustainability science benefits from combining integrated agent-based modeling (which blends methods from the social, ecological, and information sciences) and mixed-methods research (which interleaves multiple ...

Nitrification Potentials in Primary and Secondary Succession'

Potential nitrogen mineralization and nitrification were measured in soils from a primary successional sequence developed on sand dunes and from a secondary successional sequence on old fields. Potential nitrogen mineralization in soils from the primary sere increased through the first five stages and then leveled off. Nitrogen mineralization was relatively constant in soils from the secondary ...