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Longleaf pine: a long-rotation tree in a very short-sighted world.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Kush, J. S.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Longleaf pine is a long-rotation tree, with potential intermediate products from pine straw, frequent thinnings, hunting leases, and wildlife habitat....

Agricultural intensification and the functional capacity of soil microbes on smallholder African farms.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Wood, S. A. & Bradford, M. A. & Gilbert, J. A. & McGuire, K. L. & Palm, C. A. & Tully, K. L. & Zhou, J. Z. & Naeem, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fertilization may impact ecosystem processes that sustain agriculture, such as nutrient cycling, by altering the composition of soil microbial communi...

Changes in decomposition rates and Collembola densities during the forestry cycle in conifer plantations.

Published online: 30 Jun 1999

Authors: Butterfield, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conifers have a tendency to produce detrimental changes in the soil that suppress decomposition. It is also possible that clear-felling and the short ...

Searching for biodiversity gains through woodfuel and forest management.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Fuller, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodfuel extraction from established woods and forests is promoted in Western Europe as a renewable energy source. Woodfuel management is mainly carri...

Radiation interception and growth of planted and coppice stands of four fast-growing tropical trees.

Published online: 01 Apr 1995

Authors: Harrington, R. A. & Fownes, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To test whether coppice regrowth of short-rotation tropical trees had a higher growth per unit of intercepted radiation than the original planted stan...

Responses of the willow beetle Phratora vulgatissima to genetically and spatially diverse Salix spp. plantations.

Published online: 22 Jan 2001

Authors: Peacock, L. & Herrick, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phratora vulgatissima is the most serious pest of willow grown as short-rotation coppice in Britain. The effects of genetically diverse plantations of...

What is unmanaged forest and how does it sustain biodiversity in landscapes with a long history of intensive forestry?

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Bruun, H. H. & Heilmann-Clausen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A recent paper by Schall et al. (2020) concluded that beech forests managed in even-aged (EA) rotation systems were more efficient than unmanaged (UNM...

Irregular forest structures originating after fire: an opportunity to promote alternatives to even-aged management in boreal forests.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Martin, M. & Leduc, A. & Fenton, N. J. & Girona, M. M. & Bergeron, Y. & Valeria, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Even-aged silviculture based on short-rotation clearcuts had severely altered boreal forests. Silvicultural alternatives (e.g. continuous cover or ret...