Forestry

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  • Created by: emzibee
  • Created on: 22-05-15 10:37
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  • Forestry
    • Forest Products
      • Edible Products e.g. nuts & fruit
      • Small Unsawn Logs e.g. Paper
      • Large Unsawn logs e.g. timber for building & furniture
        • Teakwood, rosewood
      • Energy Resources e.g. charcoal or palm oil for biodiesel
      • Residues e.g. woodchip mulch
      • Medicines e.g. Vincristine, an anti cancer drug
      • HARVESTING
        • Natural Forests
          • Cocoa, Brazil Nuts
        • Artificial Plantations
          • pine timber, cork,bananas
    • Forest Ecosystems
      • Tropical Rainforest
        • Mean rainfall ~ 2200mm
        • Temperature range 26 - 28oC
        • Evergreen Trees (individual leaf drop occurs throughout year)
      • Deciduous Forest
        • Mean Rainfall ~ 900mm
        • Temperature range 6-18oC
        • Deciduous trees (total leaf drop occurs in Autumn
      • Boreal Forest
        • Mean Rainfall ~ 500mm
        • Temperature range -21-14 oC
        • Coniferous trees (individual needle drop coous throughout year
    • Forest Struture and Ecosystem Functioning
      • Structure
        • Abiotic Factors
          • Humidity
          • Soil Moisture
          • Light Levels
          • Temperature
          • Wind Speed
          • Soil PH
        • Biotic Factors
          • Plant Abundance and Biodiversity
          • Animal Population and Biodiversity
      • Functioning
        • Flows of Energy
          • e.g. Trees -> caterpillar -> Birds
        • Flows of Nutrients
          • e.g. Trees -> fungi -> roots -> Trees

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RockyT

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This is a fabulous diagram for forestry! It really allowed me to understand the different aspects of the industry. Each echelon is interconnected, for forestry ecosystems to tropical rainforests. I've been interested in forestry ever since I watch tree care Victoria as a kid. What arborists and foresters are able to do with trees is miraculous to me. 

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