During the last 15 years a number of studies have shown increasing forest growth in central
Europe, rather than a decline as was expected due to negative effects of air pollution. We …

The trade-offs between biodiversity, carbon storage and water flow regulation were
analysed in a biosphere reserve area. With the aim of proposing criteria for conservation …

Economically optimal rotations are not frequently employed in Eucalyptus plantations
management despite eucalypts' economic importance to the pulp industry. The coppice …

The McDill–Amateis difference model and difference forms of the Chapman–Richards,
Hossfeld, Lundqvist–Korf and Schumacher growth models were derived to model the …

Forest ecosystems include a great variety of communities of organisms interacting with their
physical environment: multi-aged natural forests, even-aged monocultures, and secondary …

Integrated assessment of ecosystem services involves the recognition of value pluralism and
the inclusion of the different components of ecosystem services, ranging from supply to …

The objective of the CHRISGAS Project in the field of biomass resources was to make an
assessment of the biomass resources and costs available for raw materials procurement for …

The diverse applications of the maximum size-density relationship (MSDR) in monospecific
and mixed forests, such as in ecological and economic aspects, lead to continuous …

In the last decades, some European cities have undergone important changes in search of a
more sustainable development. This is the case for the city of Bilbao (Bizkaia, Basque …

The conflict between conservation and timber production is shifting in regions such as
Biscay (Basque Country, northern Spain) where planted forests are no longer profitable …