Journal of Forest Science, 2023 (vol. 69), issue 1

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J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(1):I-II  

Provenance affects the growth and mortality of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) plantations cultivated in central NicaraguaOriginal Paper

Jakub Černý, Peter Haninec, Kateřina Novosadová, Zdeněk Patočka, Pavel Haninec, Petr Maděra

J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(1):1-10 | DOI: 10.17221/115/2022-JFS  

Teak has been planted extensively by smallholders in Central America within reforestation programmes and has become one of the most valuable timbers. The five-year growth and mortality of teak cultivated in a plantation in central Nicaragua, representing sites at the low limit of teak ecological valence, were evaluated. From 2006 to 2010, 72 pure teak stands were established, with 48.93 ha in total. For afforestation, planting stock from five provenances was used and planted at 1 m × 1 m spacing to stimulate the height growth and reduce broad crowns formed by self-pruning. In the pure teak stands, 144 permanent sample plots of 0.01 ha in size...

Selection of trees for rubbing by the wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Sidi Boughaba forested Moroccan Ramsar site: Assessment, implications, and perspectivesOriginal Paper

Abdellah Ichen, Saâd Hanane, Mohammed Bouaamama, Mohamed Alaoui, Najib Magri, Abdelaziz Benhoussa

J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(1):11-20 | DOI: 10.17221/139/2022-JFS  

Knowledge of mechanisms by which large mammals select rubbing trees (RT) is a major challenge for the effective management of forests and wildlife resources. In this study, we investigated this issue regarding the Wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Moroccan forested site of Sidi Boughaba as a case study. We used data from four sets of variables, namely topography, forest type, landscape composition, and microhabitat, measured at 58 rub and control trees, to determine the factors associated with the occurrence of RT by means of generalized linear mixed models. Our results showed that the RT occurrence increased with a high density of red juniper...

Acacia canopy structure and carbon stock in Ba Vi, VietnamOriginal Paper

Bui Manh Hung, Nguyen Thi Bich Phuong, Nguyen Van Quy, Nguyen Van Hop, Le Van Cuong, Yusif Habib

J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(1):21-32 | DOI: 10.17221/46/2022-JFS  

Forest structure is a key component of its management and assessment in every forest ecosystem. In the study, 23 plots were established to obtain data on the acacia forest community based on tree size. Results from the study indicated that the acacia community could be broadly divided into two groups based on tree-size variables. The diameter and height frequency distributions of Group 1 were right-skewed, while those of Group 2 were more complicated. In both groups, there were positive correlations between tree-size variables, nonetheless the relationship between diameter at breast height and total height was best described using the cubic equation....

Forest fire area detection using Sentinel-2 data: Case of the Beni Salah national forest ‒ AlgeriaOriginal Paper

Rabah Zennir, Boubaker Khallef

J. For. Sci., 2023, 69(1):33-40 | DOI: 10.17221/50/2022-JFS  

Forest cover plays an important role in terms of biodiversity and the environment. The Beni Salah national forest in its part which is located in the Guelma province in the extreme northeast of Algeria is an illustrative example where forest fires represent the chronic phenomenon which weighs heavily on this forest. The present study comes after a forest fire that occurred in 2021, when 3 000 ha of this forest were ravaged by forest fires according to the conservation of forests of Guelma. The main objective of this research is to map the severity of burns and estimate the severely burned area using Sentinel-2 satellite images based on remote...