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A Model Of Coppice Biomass Recovery For Mallee-Form Eucalypts, Kim Brooksbank, Adrian Goodwin Mr

Journal articles

Planting mallee-form eucalypts amongst crops has the potential to remedy environmental degradation caused by land clearing in low rainfall regions, whilst also providing income through carbon-sequestration or periodic coppicing. Management options can be supported by models of biomass and coppice recovery, and this paper presents the first empirical coppice growth model for mallee eucalypts.

Uncoppiced and coppiced belt-planted Eucalyptus polybractea, E. loxophleba and E. kochii were harvested and roots excavated to provide estimates of shoot and root biomass for analysis and model development. Allometric models of shoot biomass were appropriate for both uncoppiced and coppiced trees, but models of …

Picking Up Where The Tmdl Leaves Off: Using The Partnership Wild And Scenic River Framework For Collaborative River Restoration, Alan R. Hunt, Meiyin Wu, Tsung-Ta David Hsu, Nancy Roberts-Lawler, Jessica T. Miller, Alessandra Rossi, Lee Lee

Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act protects less than ¼ of a percent of the United States’ river miles, focusing on free-flowing rivers of good water quality with outstandingly remarkable values for recreation, scenery, and other unique river attributes. It predates the enactment of the Clean Water Act, yet includes a clear anti-degradation principle, that pollution should be reduced and eliminated on designated rivers, in cooperation with the federal Environmental Protection Agency and state pollution control agencies. However, the federal Clean Water Act lacks a clear management framework for implementing restoration activities to reduce non-point source pollution, of which …

Efecto De La Adición De Biochar Como Enmienda De Un Suelo Degradado, Sobre Microorganismos Relacionados Con El Ciclo Del Carbono, Johan Alejandro Burbano Chinchajoy

Biología

Actualmente, la fuerte demanda agrícola y las malas prácticas han alterado el equilibrio natural del suelo, así como las interacciones físicas, químicas y biológicas, ocasionando su degradación del suelo; por tanto, los índices de calidad del suelo son considerados como herramientas para evaluar el estado de este sustrato en condiciones naturales o el utilizado para la producción agrícola.

Una de las prácticas utilizadas para mitigar su degradación es el uso de enmiendas orgánicas, como el biochar, a nivel mundial se ha evaluado su adición como medio para mejorar la fertilidad del suelo y mitigar el cambio climático, además, sus efectos …