Abstracts of IUFRO´95 Inter-Divisional Papers

Themes:

• Consequences of Changes in Biodiversity
• Modelling Forests in a Complex Environment
• The Vitality and Stability of Forest Ecosystems
• Tropical and Sub-Tropical Dry Forests
• Integrating Social Sciences into Natural Resources
• Boreal Forests
• Data Requirements for Decision Making
• Environmentally Friendly Techniques
• Tree Crops for Industrial Raw Material
• Forestry Research after UNCSD

Consequences of Changes in Biodiversity

Forest Fragmentation: Effects on Population Genetic Processes - Andrew Young

Forest Fragmentation: Effects on Vegetation Dynamics - Yrjö Haila

A Comparison of the Mammal Fauna in Contiguous Areas of Primary and Regenerating Lowland Dipterocarp Forest, with a Discussion of Approaches to a Census of Faunal Diversity of These Habitats - Louis Ratnam, Lim Boo Liat and Nor Azman Hussein

Biodiversity and Agroforestry Systems - Jiragorn Gajaseni

Genetic Diversity of Forest Tree Plantations: Consequences of Domestication - Y.A. El-Kassaby and G. Namkoong

Regeneration Results of Planting in a Self Regenerating Nature - Lennart Ackzell

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Modelling Forests in a Complex Environment

Modelling Growth of Bavarian Mixed Stands in a Changing Environment - Hans Pretzsch and Markus Kahn

Incorporating Non-Commodity Considerations in Strategic Planning of Natural Resources - Dietmar W. Rose and Marc McDill

Improving Performances of Manufacturing Systems - Agnès Delamare and Patrick Martin

Decision Making Methods for Ecosystem Management Decision Support - H. Michael Rauscher

Landscape Models of Forest Response: Assessing the Adaptation Potential of Mountain Forests to Climate Change Using Spatially Explicit Simulation Models - Felix Kienast, Bogdan Brzeziecki and Otto Wildi

Implications of Uncertainty in Land-Use Change for Global Terrestrial CO2 Flux - Virginia H. Dale and Anthony W. King

Modeling Insect Dynamics - Alexei A. Sharov

Some Experiences with the Models for Operational Planning - Bostjan Kosir

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The Vitality and Stability of Forest Ecosystems

Soil and Site Changes in Forests under Stress - Reinhard F. Hüttl and Hubert Jochheim

Impact of Pathogens on the Forest - L. Dimitri

Escalating Anthropogenic Stresses on Forest Ecosystems: Forcing Benign Plant-Insect Interactions into New Interaction Trajectories - William J. Mattson

Silviculture and the Stability of Stressed Forests - J. Bo Larsen

Management of Tropical Plantations under Stress - Glenn Galloway, Luis Ugalde and William Vásquez

Managing the Genetic Structure of Stressed Forests - David F. Karnosky and Florian Scholz

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Tropical and Sub-Tropical Dry Forests

Afforestation Techniques for Desert Development - M. Hosny El-Lakany

Structures, Tasks and Responsibilities of Tree Seed Centres - Bjerne Ditlevsen

The Potential of African Acacias in Agricultural Systems in the Dryland Tropics - R. D. Barnes and C. W. Fagg

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Integrating Social Sciences into Natural Resources

Integrated Natural Resource Planning and Management: Social Science Perspectives - George H. Stankey

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Boreal Forests

Boreal Forests - The Role of Research - Sten Nilsson

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Data Requirements for Decision Making

From Raw Data to Value-Added Forestry Information - Risto Päivinen and Birger Solberg

Terminological Data for International Information Exchange - the Multilingual Services of EURAMIS - Alain Reichling

An Information Support Network for Forestry and Forest Research - The Experience of CATIE/INFORAT in Central America - Luis Ugalde A., Carlos Granados and Marcela Gil C.

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Environmentally Friendly Techniques

Environmentally Friendly Technologies in Forestry and Wood Industry - A Challenge to Science - Hanns H. Höfle

Environmentally Sound Harvesting to Sustain Tropical Forests - Rudolf Heinrich

Environmental Aspects on Forest Operations - Ann Merete Furuberg Gjedtjernet

Bioenergy and the Environment - C. P. Mitchell

Environmentally Friendly Technologies in the Production of Bleached Pulp - Ants Teder and Peter Axegård

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Tree Crops for Industrial Raw Material

Environmental Considerations and Impacts on Tree Growth for Industrial Forest Products. A case Study from Costa Rica - Edgar Víquez and Ronnie de Camino

Forest Operations and the Management of Eucalypt Regrowth - C. M. Kerruish, R. J. McCormack and G. A. Kile

Tree Crops for Industrial Raw Materials: The Composites Sector - Thomas M. Maloney

Economic Impacts of Environmental Influences on Industrial Use of Tree Crops - Dennis P. Dykstra

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Forestry Research after UNCSD

The Role of IUFRO in Forestry Research after UNCSD April 1995 - Report of a Panel Discussion at the 20th IUFRO World Congress

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