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    [Archive] Trends in forestry research 1982-1988
    Lead Author: D.A. Burdekin
    Increasing interest in forestry in Britain has followed the search for alternative land uses to agriculture and the growing importance of conservation. Research requirements have adapted to this new situation. This Occasional Paper looks at recent trends and seeks to ask whether resources are reasonably matched to requirements. At least seven public agencies are engaged […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forest nursery herbicides (1989)
    Lead Author: D.R. Williamson
    In this Occasional paper information is given on the application of forest nursery herbicides. Much of this information is based on Forestry Commission trials. A brief description of the types of herbicide is given followed by information on the various herbicides which can be used at the different growth stages of forest nursery stock.Note: This […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Mechanical characteristics of Sitka spruce
    Lead Author: B.A. Gardiner
    This Occasional Paper details a series of tests which have been carried out on 10 Sitka spruce trees about 15 metres tall in order to determine their mechanical characteristics. This information is necessary for the design of model trees for use in wind-tunnel studies of airflow over forests.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Design of the census of woodland and trees 1979-82
    Lead Author: K. Rennolls
    The Forestry Commission carried out censuses of Woodlands and Trees in 1924, 1938, 1947—49, 1965-67 and most recently between 1979 and 1982. Only two of these data collection and collation exercises came close to being a census in the sense of being a complete enumeration. The first was in 1924 when questionnaires were submitted by […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Provisional code of practice for the use of pesticides in Great Britain
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The Code of Practice in this Occasional Paper is made for the guidance of users of pesticides in forestry. It amplifies the requirements both of the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations, 1988. The code is intended to cover the use of pesticides for the protection of […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The green spruce aphid and Sitka spruce provenances in Britain
    Lead Author: C.I. Carter
    This Occasional Paper describes the damage caused by the green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum, to Sitka spruce growing in Britain. Following an outbreak of this aphid in South Wales in 1980, it was possible to compare the impact and recovery of shoot growth in experimental plots at Rhondda Forest of a IUFRO provenance collection of […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Farming and forestry – proceedings of a conference held at Loughborough University 1986
    Lead Author: G.R. Hatfield (Ed.)
    The Farming and Forestry Conference at Loughborough University in September 1986 was held as a result of the dual realisation that something needed to be done, and soon, to cut back and bring under control the over-production of key agricultural products, and secondly that farm woodlands provided one of the few realistic alternatives. The conference […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forestry section proceedings from the British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 1986
    Lead Author: G.C. Barnes (Ed.)
    The paper explores the contribution that science has made to forestry and woodland management and looks at the scientific prospects and limitations for the future. It explains the reasons why Britain has become so low in self-sufficiency of wood products and charts the steps successive Governments have taken to change this, starting with the creation […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Evaluation of forestry research
    Lead Author: A. J. Grayson
    The subject of evaluation is important to research managers generally and especially to those concerned with the formulation and direction of programmes. Evaluation is normally impracticable at the programme level; instead attention must be concentrated at the level of the project. The purposes served by such evaluation are three: to increase the awareness of research […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The Gwent Small Woods Project 1979-84
    Lead Author: J.W.L.I. Zehetmayr
    This five year experiment in woodland management arose out of earlier investigations into the state of small woodlands in Gwent by the County Council, and by the Dartington Amenity Research Trust on behalf of the Countryside Commission. The experiment was carried out under the direction of a steering group drawn from a wide range of […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Broadleaves in Britain: addresses, supplementary papers and discussions
    Lead Author: A.J. Grayson (Ed.)
    The Forestry Commission and the Institute of Chartered Foresters organised a symposium under the title 'Broadleaves in Britain: Future Management and Research' at Loughborough, Leics., on 7-9 July 1982. This Occasional Paper contains supplementary papers and addresses which, in combination with the set of papers published previously (Broadleaves in Britain, edited by D.C. Malcolm, J. […]
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    [Archive] Research for practical arboriculture – proceedings of the Forestry Commission / Arboricultural Association seminar at Preston, February 1980
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Paper presents the report of the seminar, which represents more an interim review rather than a record of completed research. The seminar covered the following main subject area: amenity tree management, better value trees, planting on man-made sites, and clonal selection.