During major floods, rivers erode their banks and thus recruit large wood pieces from the
riparian zones. There is still a lack of knowledge about the transport of large wood, the …

Mitigating climate change is a critical challenge, and establishing agroforestry systems is
identified as an effective strategy to increase carbon (C) sequestration in agricultural areas …

Forest biomass is a sustainable source of renewable energy and a valuable alternative to
finite fossil fuels. However, its overharvesting may lead to soil nutrient depletion and …

Charcoal analysis aims to study different aspects of forest management, techno-economical
choices and their specific impact on past landscapes, as well as the impact of climatic …

Initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) more than a decade ago in North Kivu, single-
species plantations of Eucalyptus saligna and Grevillea robusta constitute, with other village …

Woodlands in the Sudanian zone are under different management regimes, including total
protection and controlled use mainly for feeding livestock and collecting fuelwood. This …

The study of timber wood and wood charcoal fragments from archaeological sites (aka
anthracology) constitutes a relevant archaeobotanical field of research for both landscape …

Process-based forest growth models with spatially explicit representation are relevant tools
to investigate innovative silviculture practices and/or climate change effects because they …

An effective way to reduce off-road traffic in forests is to implement greater distances
between skid trails. However, this implies that trees beyond the boom reach of the harvester …

The effects of tree mixture on stand productivity are usually examined using a substitutive
approach whereby productivity in mixed stands is compared to productivity in monocultures …