Most of the environmental specifications to preserve valuable collections assume hygrothermal equilibrium of the object with the surrounding environment. Though the assumption is valid for most of museum interiors, it does not reflect climate conditions in historic houses and churches whose...

The Retezat National Park harbours an impressive number of plants with a narrow distribution, being considered an important centre of endemism. In the present paper we examine the ecological features of Draba dorneri Heuff. (Brassicaceae), an endemic species restricted to the Southern Carpathians...

A database was built in order to list paintings clearly depicting trees and shrubs. Russian Impressionist painters have contributed more than 1000 paintings of this type. They strikingly illustrated forests, trees, forestry activities, wildlife, Russian customs and traditions. The precision of the...

Marine borers such as the shipworm, Teredo navalis, can cause great destruction to wooden archaeological remains in the marine environment. The focus of this study was to investigate whether shipworm preferentially settle on one orientation of the wood over another, i.e. radial, tangential or...

The choice of tree species used in production forests matters for biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Sweden, damage to young production forests by large browsing herbivores is helping to drive a development where sites traditionally regenerated with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are instead...

In this study, we identified wood species used in manufacturing Streetcar No. 381 from Seoul Museum of History. This Streetcar No. 381 is an important cultural heritage as one of the 2 streetcars remained in Seoul. It is important to preserve this streetcar through restoration and to maintain...

The world today is literally and figuratively burdened with heavy loads of garbage, which pose a hazard to human health and the environment. A concerted effort by all sectors of society is required to find an immediate, effective, feasible, and practical solution for the management of waste and...

The Old Cahawba Forever Wild Tract (OCFWT) is a 1216-ha property that was acquired by the State of Alabama Forever Wild Program in August 2009. The OCFWT is characterized by Black Belt prairie pockets, upland dry/calcareous forest, Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine) plantations, and bottomland/floodplain...

Data on the quality of timber used for building chapels - small buildings for public worship, enabled determination of visual criteria used for the selection of timber in the Republic of Karelia, located in the north-western part of the Russian Federation. It was revealed that as for the majority...

The aim of this study was to test whether fragmentation or recreational use affect tree regeneration in urban forests, and to quantify these effects. We sampled tree saplings at different distances from edges in spruce (Picea abies) dominated forests, and at different distances from paths that...