Sentence examples for timber growth from inspiring English sources

Norwegian Lapland is largely open and windswept, with timber growth only in sheltered tracts and the more protected interior.

The 53 miles (85 km) of coastline have occasional swamps and bayous, backed by timber growth on sandy soils and fronted by stretches of white sand beaches.

Carle and Holmgren (2006) estimated that planted forests could already provide about two thirds of the world's total industrial roundwood furnish based on their amount of annual timber growth.

While Liang et al. (2007) measured site productivity by net annual basal area change, which represents actual forest growth, this study quantified site productivity as potential timber growth that a site could sustain.

Table 1 Definition and units for variables used in this study Variable Units Short definition Long definition C m3 · ha−1 · yr−1 Site productivity A measure of the potential timber growth that the site is capable of producing.

In Europe, fast growing tree species such as Norway spruce and Scots pine were promoted in large areas typically covered with broadleaf or mixed species stands to increase commercial timber growth.

There are a number of examples of modelling systems that have been developed to link forest growth and timber quality in a range of species (Gardiner et al. 2011; Houllier et al. 1995; Peng and Stewart 2013), but a comprehensive modelling system does not exist for radiata pine wood properties.

In general, animal-based food production increases greenhouse gas emissions, and forest growth and timber production enhance sequestration.

Forestry activity products, particularly timber natural growth and the intermediate products of conservation forestry, are the main sources of private income in the coniferous forests.

Others swore by "timeless timber": old-growth maple and other woods, dredged from the bottoms of northern rivers and lakes.

The blaze, which broke out Aug. 17, was still spreading to the north and northeast into old growth timber in the Stanislaus National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service said.