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Current perspectives on forest recovery trends in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
(International Forestry Review, 2019)
The main goal of this study was to evaluate whether the trends in the recovery of forest cover in Guanacaste continued during the past decade
and to evaluate if the socioeconomic drivers of recovery have been altered. Our ...
Guidelines for documenting and reporting tree allometric equations
(Springer-Verlag France, 2015-09)
Given the pressing need to quantify carbon fluxes associated with terrestrial vegetation dynamics, an increasing number of researchers have sought to improve estimates of tree volume, biomass, and carbon stocks. Tree ...
Production and quality analysis of pellets manufactured from five potential energy crops in the Northern Region of Costa Rica
(Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016)
Modifications to a pellet manufacturing process must be made based on the characteristics of raw
material used. The purpose of this work was to determine the alternations required to a wood pellet
manufacturing process ...
Brotación in vitro de brotes de teca (Tectona grandis L.f.)
(2012)
Teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) is an exotic timber species introduced to Costa Rica for commercial plantations due to the high demand for its wood, rapid growth and high-quality. Initially the seed was use as the only planting ...
Quality of pellets made from agricultural and forestry crops in costa rican tropical climates
(North Carolina State University, 2015)
Pellets may be produced with different types of agriculture or forestry crops in Costa Rica. This work evaluated the energy, physical, and mechanical properties of pellets fabricated from 12 types of agricultural and ...
Landscape-scale controls on aboveground forest carbon stocks on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
(Public Library of Science, 2015-06)
Tropical forests store large amounts of carbon in tree biomass, although the environmental controls on forest carbon stocks remain poorly resolved. Emerging airborne remote sensing techniques offer a powerful approach to ...
Optical performance of finished and unfinished tropical timbers exposed to ultraviolet light in the field in Costa Rica
(Wood Material Science & Engineering, 2016)
This study evaluated wood color change (ΔE*) and the surface quality in 10 tropical wood species painted with three
finishes (composed of wax and polyurethane). Two weathering conditions were tested: natural weathering ...
The role of tropical dry forests for biodiversity, carbon and water conservation in the neotropics: lessons learned and opportunities for its sustainable management
(Springer-Verlag France, 2015-08)
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of the current regional literature associated with tropical dry forest (TDF) along three main axes: biodiversity, carbon and water conservation in the neotropics. Our ...
Effects of adding multiwall carbon nanotubes on performance of polyvinyl acetate and urea-formaldehyde adhesives in tropical timber species
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)
Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) functionalized with hydroxyl groups (MWCNTs-OH) have been incorporated into polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) and urea-formaldehyde (UF) adhesives utilized in tropical wood gluing. The Raman ...
Surface chemical and color characterization of juvenile tectona grandis wood subjected to steam-drying treatments
(2016)
The color of Tectona grandis wood is an attribute that favors its commercialization, however, wood
color from fast-growth plantation trees is clear and lacks uniformity. The aim of this work is to
characterize steamed ...