Volume 7, Number 2, April 2017 (Special Issue on Forest Resources Current Situation and Future Development Trend)

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The Extent and Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Masito-Ugalla Ecosystem, Kigoma Region, Tanzania

John E. Makunga, Salome B. Misana

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72018  1,447 Downloads  2,535 Views   Citations

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Impact of a Low Severity Fire on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Characteristics in Japanese Cedar Soil, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Felix Seidel, M. Larry Lopez C, Georg Guggenberger, Yoshihiro Nobori

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72017  892 Downloads  1,373 Views   Citations

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Estimation of Tree Height and Forest Biomass Using Airborne LiDAR Data: A Case Study of Londiani Forest Block in the Mau Complex, Kenya

Faith Kagwiria Mutwiri, Patroba Achola Odera, Mwangi James Kinyanjui

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72016  1,160 Downloads  1,947 Views   Citations

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Species Diversity and Structure of an Intact Freshwater Swamp Forest in the Niger Delta

Nwabueze I. Igu

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72015  1,044 Downloads  1,833 Views   Citations

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Adapted REDD plus Based on Local People’s Capabilities: A Case Study from Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR

Marie Iwadare, Motoshi Hiratsuka

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72014  911 Downloads  1,292 Views   Citations

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Assessing Soil-Related Black Spruce and White Spruce Plantation Productivity

Shane Furze, Mark Castonguay, Jae Ogilvie, Mina Nasr, Pierre Cormier, Rolland Gagnon, Greg Adams, Paul A. Arp

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72013  1,088 Downloads  1,539 Views   Citations

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Toward Establishing the Productive Chain for Triterpene-Based Amazonian Oleoresins as Valuable Non-Timber Forest Products

Antonio C. Siani, Roseane Moraes, Valdir F. Veiga Junior

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72012  854 Downloads  1,272 Views   Citations

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An Economic Analysis of Incorporating Biomass Thinning into Loblolly Pine Plantations in Alabama

Tom V. Gallagher, Rapeepan Kantavichai, Larry D. Teeter

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Above-Ground Carbon Sequestration during Restoration of Upland Evergreen Forest in Northern Thailand

Kanlayarat Jantawong, Stephen Elliott, Prasit Wangpakapattanawong

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Quantitative Evaluation of Bitterlich Sampling for Estimating Basal Area in Sparse Boreal Forests and Dense Tropical Forests

Wei Yang, Hideki Kobayashi, Kenlo Nishida Nasahara, Rikie Suzuki, Akihiko Kondoh

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Soil Carbon Stocks under Amazonian Forest: Distribution in the Soil Fractions and Vulnerability to Emission

Jean Dalmo de Oliveira Marques, Flávio Jesus Luizão, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Euler Melo Nogueira, Philip Martin Fearnside, Max Sarrazin

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72008  978 Downloads  1,411 Views   Citations

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Palm Forest Landscape in Castillos (Rocha, Uruguay): Contributions to the Design of a Conservation Area

Mercedes Rivas, José María Filippini, Henrique Cunha, Juan Hernández, Yuri Resnichenko, Rosa Lia Barbieri

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DOI: 10.4236/ojf.2017.72007  988 Downloads  1,515 Views   Citations

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Estimation of Above Ground Biomass in Forests Using Alos Palsar Data in Kericho and Aberdare Ranges

Eunice Wamuyu Maina, Patroba Achola Odera, Mwangi James Kinyanjui

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