... is the primary nutrient that dictates productivity (and thus carbon consumption) in boreal forests. In pristine boreal ... fixation was extremely low. In older, low-productivity forests, very little nitrogen was deposited ...
... in the Loblolly pine—the cornerstone of the U.S. forest products industry—to phytoplankton, barely visible to the naked ... and collaborators). The widespread use of T. reesei in cellulase production underscores the importance of this organism and the need for understanding ...
... ," adding that "industrial claims on forest lands are increasing sharply, for biofuels production, among other reasons ... in, politicians and the police have tended to side with the interests of the forest product entrepreneurs. In Brazil, where 12 ...
... and intervals of logging, areas of production forest (managed for timber and forest products), and their estimates of carbon ... logging techniques have no negative impacts on production and can even improve financial yields, making ...
... America. This is bad news for vulnerable wildlife, forest productivity, soil health, water resources, and ultimately, economies. Co-author Dr. Timothy ...
Climate change delays the autumn spectacle of multi-colored leaves but increases forest productivity.
Contrary to popular belief, moderate increases in temperature and increased nitrogen from acid rain actually improves forest productivity, providing there is sufficient moisture.
... 20 years of research in the northern hardwood forests of Michigan, scientists have reached a surprising conclusion: Moderate increases in temperature and nitrogen from atmospheric pollution actually improve forest productivity ...
... and climate change; and the complexities and opportunities facing the forest products business. "This publication is a timely resource, especially as the northeastern United States embarks on a major ...
... of surface waters and a continuing threat to the health of forests, with additional declines in base status likely to increase the number of sites exhibiting lower forest productivity and or vulnerability to winter injury ...
... often out-compete native forest plants and may degrade forest productivity, wildlife habitat, recreational values, and water quality. Invasive species also greatly increase ...
... (JGI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) have translated ... , that encodes the specific enzyme activity, and the secretome, the products exported from the cell. "For the first time we have been able ...
... rely on this wilderness area for hunting and collecting forest products, and the region is a critical source of clean drinking water to tens of thousands of valley people ...
... to the U.S. economy annually. Examples of nontimber forest products (NTFP) include edibles such as fruits ... of shrubs that produced commercially valuable nontimber forest products. The 40-acre complex was occupied ...
... non-timber forest products industry has been growing rapidly since the mid-1980s. However, the industry faces a challenge ...