The writing of forest history is affected by dominant discourses that exclude other interpretations. These arose because of the way early forestry was organized and written up by active practitioners, and because of the universal tendency to see a deep division between nature and culture. It is...

The concept and principles of integrated fruit production, highlighting the integrated production for apples are discussed. Case studies on the integrated fruit production for apples in South Tyrol, Italy; Patagonia, Argentina; New Zealand; and Oregon, USA are presented.

Improving water productivity is urgently needed in water-scarce dry areas. This chapter discusses crop-water production functions, i.e. the relationships between yield and water supply and water productivity. Using data from Syria, the North China Plain and Oregon, USA, crop-water production...

Telephone interviews were conducted during summer of 1998 to evaluate the process of Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) under the Endangered Species Act in 11 cases, of which five were in the southern states (Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama), one in Montana, and the...

Fluxes measured by eddy covariance and calculated using process-based ecosystem models must be consistent with integrated values of carbon sequestration obtained from biomass-inventory data. Ecosystem models provide the tools needed for spatial extrapolation from flux measurements and to evaluate...

This chapter presents evidence of the presence of seed-gall nematode (Anguina spp.) carrying Rathayibacter toxicus or a variant in F. nigrescens from North America and New Zealand, and suggests that this finding is the probable cause of livestock deaths in Oregon, USA from the 1940s to 1960s.

This book contains eight chapters discussing the history of fluorine and sources of fluorides in the environments. The uptake, transport and accumulation of inorganic fluorides by plants and animals, as well as their effects on these organisms are discussed. Some case histories in Scotland, Oregon...

This paper presents five cases representing fluoride problems - damage to farmlands, fruits, forests and indigenous plant life, and to farm animals and humans. The first and second cases concern about the aluminium smelters near Fort William and Kinlochleven in Scotland and in Troutdale, Oregon...

This appendix presents tabulated data on: (1) commonly used conversion ratios; (2) brief description of other selected log scales in use; (3) USFS segment length and trim allowance chart; (4) USFS segment taper distribution chart; (5) USFS cubic log scale half segment volume chart; (6) half segment ...

This paper aims to compare predicted upland erosion rates following forest disturbances associated with fuel management, such as harvesting, thinning, prescribed fire and road networks, to erosion rates following wildfires. The performance of the Water Erosion Prediction Project model in...