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  1. Natural resistance of plantation grown African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis and Khaya senegalensis) from Brazil to wood-rot fungi and subterranean termites

    African mahogany (Khaya spp.) has attracted the interest of the timber market in Brazil because of the quality of the wood and the similarity to the highly demanded, Brazilian mahogany (S. macrophylla King). The goal of this study was to examine natural resistance of plantation-grown African mahogany (<...

    Author(s):
    Tâmara Suely Filgueira Amorim França; Frederico José Nistal França; Rachel A. Arango; Bessie M. Woodward; Marina Donária Chaves Arantes
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Khaya ivorensis, Khaya senegalensis, Natural durability, Fungal decay, Termite damage
    Source:
    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 107 (2016): 88-91.

  2. The implications of American chestnut reintroduction on landscape dynamics and carbon storage

    In the eastern United States, American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was historically a major component of forest communities, but was functionally extirpated in the early 20th century by an introduced pathogen, chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica). Because chestnut is fast-growing, long-lived, and resistant to decay,...

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    Eric J. Gustafson; Arjan de Bruijn; Nathanael Lichti; Douglass F. Jacobs; Brian R. Sturtevant; Jane Foster; Brian R. Miranda; Harmony J. Dalgleish
    Year:
    2017
    Keywords:
    American chestnut, carbon cycling, carbon sequestration and storage, forest landscape management, forest landscape modeling, forest restoration, insect pests, LANDIS-II
    Source:
    Ecosphere
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