The impact of forest management on the ecology of natural Chamaecyparis (cypress) forests previously caused momentous disputes in Taiwan. However, the scientific questions behind this issue have never been settled and thus require further investigations. This study was conducted in the Chilanshan...

Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis is a primary cavity nester, and it creates niches for a variety of cavity-nesting and cavity-roosting organisms. However, information on barbet nesting in natural cavities is lacking. We present the results of a 5-yr study on natural nest-sites of the Taiwan Barbet ...

Introduction. Entandrophragma tree species have been the subject of special attention by foresters and scientists for several decades. The purpose of this bibliographic review is to examine the current knowledge acquired on the taxonomy and ecology of this genus in order to identify new research...

The main aim of the present article is to determine the economical and environmental sustainability of short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations of poplar, willow and black locust. For all three species an intensive and extensive production method was set up with their corresponding cost levels....

Salicaceae has the characters of fast growth and the high rate of output. It can be used as the forest resources to solve the exhaustion of forest energy. Therefore, the research group introduced the Salicaceae No. 5 in 2015 to carry out afforestation experiments in the Xiaoxing'anling Youhao...

The protection of ecological environments and conservation of natural resources are current trends would wide. Therefore, the ban of natural forest cutting is still a continuing tendency. Under these circumstances, sustainable and intensive management of forest plantations through silvicultural...

Bamboo is viewed as a potential feedstock for the future global energy supply due to the existence of many significantly fast-growing and abundant species. In this study, ma bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) and green bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii) were used as feedstock to produce pyrolysis liquid...

Long-term studies in deciduous-coniferous forest, which has arisen during secondary regenerative succession on the felled area of the middle-aged bilberry spruce forest of the middle taiga of the Komi Republic, were carried out. Real data on changing morphological parameters and phytomass of...

Objective: Plants secondary metabolites with antibacterial and antioxidant activities were screened to provide theoretical basis for the development and utilization of Apocynaceae and Euphorbiaceae plants. Method: This study focused on five common Apocynaceae plants and four common Euphorbiaceae...

The Streblote siva (Lefebvre) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) is an invasive defoliator of Conocarpus erectus, Ziziphus spina-christi and Acacia ampliceps in southern of Iran. The relationship between fecundity and body size, egg size, Mating as well as longevity in female insects was studied under...