Issue · 1990
Vol. 40, Iss. 3
10 articles · All issues →
ArticlesTimber harvesting analyses and design using simulation
Sabah U. Randhawa, Kidon D. Olsen
The design, evaluation and control of harvesting systems in a problem of considerable importance in the forest products industry. Modeling of timber harvesting system include considerations such as production rates, equipment breakdown, fixed and variable cost…
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M.Sc. thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, 1987-89 course
Raja M. Ashfaque
M.Sc. thesis research at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, 1987-89 course
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Reviews: 1. Tree nurseries: An illustrated technical guide and training manual 2. Plainning for Agroforestry 3. A handbook on the management of Agroforestry Research
Peter Posehan, W. Budd, et al, John C. Gordon, William R. Bentley
Reviews: 1. Tree nurseries: An illustrated technical guide and training manual 2. Plainning for Agroforestry 3. A handbook on the management of Agroforestry Research
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Present state of Juniper in Rodhmallazi Forests of Balochistan, Pakistan
Moinuddin Ahmad, Ehsan Elahi Nagi, Eugene Liang Min Wang
A quantitative Survey was conducted in 32 stands of juniper (Juniperus exselsa M. Bieb) in four adjacent districts of Balochistan. No other tree species was recorded in the study area. Vegetation composition of the juniper was described. Mean density of junipe…
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Suppression of Chir pine regeneration by Imperata cylindrical (L) P. Beauv. in Hazara Civil Division
P. H. Haydock Wilson, A. R. Beg
Regular burning, canopy removal and clearance of ground cover on the slopes have led to colonization by the bladey grass Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauve. a pan-tropical weed. Plots with and without the presence Imperata were sampled over six sites along a s…
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Germination and growth of tea seed in response to different sowing dates
Abdur Rauf Khan, Farrukh Siyar Hamid, Naseer Ahmad
Tea was introduced in Pakistan in mid-twenties. Earlier tea was supplied by East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. After dismemberment in 1971, an acute shortage of tea was faced by Pakistan. Since that time, the increasing demand of tea is met by imports from…
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Financial analysis of selected shelterbelts in Pakistan
Fazli Subhan
Financial analyses of shelterbelt agroforestry system are compared for some regions in Pakistan. The study reveals that shelterbelts, though they may be competitive in biological terms, are supplementary in financial terms. The net present value analyses found…
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Economic analysis of agroforestry options for small irrigated farms in Punjab Province Pakistan
Malik Muhammad Khan, David R. Betters
Agroforestry on small irrigated farms may represent opportunities for solving Pakistan's wood supply problems. However, in order for such practices to be adopted small farms must realize economic benefits. An approach to determining economic benefits is illust…
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International support to forestry research and development
K. M. Siddiqui
The foresters all over the world have been vigorously advocating forest conservation for human welfare for many decades. They tried to tell all those who would listen, that forest have multiple benefits e.g. timber, fuelwood, fodder, wildlife, water and recrea…
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State of Mycorrhizae in some ornamenta gymnospermous tree species of Pakistan
S. H. Iqbal, Shahbaz, Ghazala Nasim
Multiple mycorrhizal infections were found in association with root systems scale leaves, decaying micro sporophylls and epidermal tissues of Abies pindrow, Auracaria cunnighamii, Cycas circinalis, C. revoluta, Cupresses torulosa, Ephedra gerardiana, E. regeli…
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