The main goal of this review was to provide an assessment of the potential of fast-growing tree species for the suitable transformation of agroforestry areas for biomass production in the Baltic Sea region. Our interest was to highlight the research on the management process of agroforestry zones...

The microbial quotient (Cmic/Corg) has been used extensively to evaluate agriculture soil fertility, but the microbial sensitivity should be considered during the forestry process. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine a soil fertility evaluation method applied to four vegetation...

Salix psammophila C. Wang et Ch. Y. Yang is an important desert shrub that is mainly distributed in northwest China, including the Mu Us sandland and Kubuqi desert. It plays a crucial role in vegetation rehabilitation and as a forestation plant. The traditional identification of its accessions...

This investigation was carried out during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 in the willow plantations established by Plantation Division of State Forest Department in Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla and Ganderbal districts of Kashmir valley. The results revealed that willows can store up to 292.98 t C...

Biomass is widely used for the production of renewable energy, which calls for an economic evaluation of its generation. The aim of the present work was to review the literature concerning the economic evaluation of the production of perennial crop biomass for energy use. Statistical analysis of...

This paper compares the primeval and present abundance of aspen, willows, cottonwoods, and their associated fauna. Then, examines the relative impacts of climate, fire suppression and ungulate browsing on the current status of these plant communities. The paper also examines whether aspen, willows, ...

The study was designed to determine whether cultivation of willow (Salix sp.) energy plantations (hereinafter WEP) is economically efficient and to identify the main factors that influence development of such plantations in Lithuania. The economic efficiency of the cultivation of WEP was estimated...

For research of using the low fertile land in the Polissya and Forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, the structural-logical scheme of agricultural lands evaluation was developed. The key tool in the scheme is the procedure of environmental audit to assess the state and trends of agricultural land...