BACKGROUND The high spatio-temporal variability of aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests is a large source of uncertainty in forest carbon stock estimation. Due to their spatial distribution and sampling intensity, pre-felling inventories are a potential source of ground level data that could help reduce this uncertainty at larger spatial scales. Further, exploring the factors known to ...

Afforestation is a significant cause of global peatland degradation. In some regions, afforested bogs are now undergoing clear-felling and restoration, often known as forest-to-bog restoration. We studied differences in water-table depth (WTD) porewater chemistry between intact, afforested, restored at raised bog blanket location. Solute concentrations principal component analysis suggested tha...

This article documents master logboat-builder Alalae Mohamed’s construction of a ngalawa fishing vessel in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The is an extended logboat with double outrigger and lateen sail used by low-income, artisanal fishers. It the most common marine type East African coast. follows process from Alalae’s selection felling tree(s) to launching vessel. outlines tools materials used, details...

The Bremen-Cog was dated by dendrochronology in the 1960s when discipline its infancy. felling date of winter 1378/79 Weser Uplands established and confirmed 2007. In 2016 a new comprehensive analysis ship made possible. All analysed samples are from trees likely felled last quarter 14th century direct hinterlands Bremen. Furthermore, an attempt at tree morphology reconstruction detailed invest...

Cryphalus asperatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is described as an exceptional but important secondary pest of Norway spruce seedlings. Of the 10 000 seedlings transported to one location in Ore Mountains, Central Europe 2020, total 1 500 were killed by C. asperatus. The infestation and death probably resulted part from substantial local increase abundance after sanitation felling m...

The response of forests and terrestrial ecosystems to disturbance is an important process in the global carbon cycle in the context of a changing climate. This study focuses on the effect of selective felling (thinning) at a managed forest site. Previous statistical analyses of eddy covariance data at the study site had found that disturbance from thinning resulted in no significant change to n...