scholarly journals Analysis of Natural Wind Disturbance Regimes Resulting from Typhoons Using Numerical Airflow Modelling and GIS: A Case Study in Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Plantation Forests

FORMATH ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (0) ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
S. Tsuyuki ◽  
T. Nakajima ◽  
T. Tatsuhara ◽  
N. Shiraishi
Keyword(s):  
Cryptomeria Japonica ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Wind Disturbance ◽  
Plantation Forests ◽  
Disturbance Regimes ◽  
Natural Wind

The potential cost of environmental certification to vegetation management in plantation forests: a New Zealand case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 986-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Rolando ◽  
Michael S. Watt ◽  
Jerzy A. Zabkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vegetation Management ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Internal Rate Of Return ◽  
Mechanical Control ◽  
Vegetation Control ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Plantation Forests

Plantation forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council have restrictions on herbicide use. Since certified plantations are dependant on herbicides for cost-effective vegetation management, compliance requires a shift from current chemical practices. Using New Zealand plantation forests as a case study, discounted cash flow analyses were used to estimate the cost of certification-compliant vegetation control regimes compared with current non-compliant methods. We examined methods that (i) reduce the quantity of herbicides by using spot control and (ii) avoid the use of herbicides by using weed mats, manual, and mechanical control. Cost analyses were undertaken for low-, medium-, and high-productivity sites. The internal rate of return of the non-compliant regime was between 5% and 5.8% across the productivity range. Spot control was cheaper than current non-compliant practice. However, spot control is limited by site suitability and the availability of labour. Non-chemical control methods were expensive relative to other regimes. Reductions in the internal rate of return varied across low- and high-productivity sites between 0.8% and 0.5% for manual control, 1.3% and 0.8% for mechanical control, and 1.7% and 1.0% for weed mats. Meeting the goals of certification while retaining cost-effective vegetation control presents a challenge to the plantation forestry sector.

Within-site drivers for soil nutrient variability in plantation forests: A case study from dry sub-humid New Zealand

CATENA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 105149
Author(s):  
Serajis Salekin ◽  
Mark Bloomberg ◽  
Justin Morgenroth ◽  
Dean F. Meason ◽  
Euan G. Mason
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Plantation Forests ◽  
Nutrient Variability

Seven decades of change in a European old-growth forest following a stand-replacing wind disturbance: A long-term case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jaloviar ◽  
Milan Saniga ◽  
Stanislav Kucbel ◽  
Ján Pittner ◽  
Jaroslav Vencurik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Disturbance ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Old Growth Forest
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