Response to the letter from members of the ICBE-EMF by Ken Karipidis, Dan Baaken, Tom Loney, Maria Blettner, Rohan Mate, Chris Brzozek, Mark Elwood, Clement Narh, Nicola Orsini, Martin Röösli, Marilia Silva Paulo, Susanna Lagorio

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The Optimal Forest Management of an Even-Aged Stand: The Biological Rotation versus the Land Expectation Value by Andres Susaeta, Chris Demers

“… This 4-page fact sheet written by Andres Susaeta and Chris Demers and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation provides a guide for forest landowners, managers, and stakeholders in conducting a valuation of timber investments. It reviews and provides examples of two different approaches for determining the optimal rotation age of even-aged forest stands. …”
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A Hysteresis Model Incorporating Varying Pinching Stiffness and Spread for Enhanced Structural Damage Simulation by Mohammad Rabiepour, Cong Zhou, James Geoffrey Chase

“…This can negatively impact the accuracy of the BWBN model in simulating structural responses and damage mechanisms in structures such as reinforced concrete (RC) and timber, which exhibit highly pinched hysteresis behavior when damaged by earthquakes. …”
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Amphibian newts as experimental models for studying weight gain after castration by Mai Takehara, Mitsuki Kyakuno, Kazuko Okamoto, Ichiro Tazawa, Nobuaki Furuno, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Takuya Imamura, Takashi Takeuchi, Toshinori Hayashi

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INTEGRATION OF INTRADISCIPLINARY TOPICS AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE TEACHING PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY by M. S Kazimov

“…Within the section «Technology of woodworking», which is part of subject of Technology, it is important to teach students the form of coherent information on the processing of wood, properties of selected tree breeds, features of the installation details, types of trees used for timber production, the origin of trees, and expansion of trees over areas. …”
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Forest Management in the Interface: Practicing Visible Stewardship by Bruce Hull, Sarah F. Ashton, Rien M. Visser, Martha C. Monroe

“…Monroe, reviews a suite of visible stewardship options, such as cues-to-care and screening practices that can help improve public perceptions of resource management practices such as timber harvesting. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, July 2008. …”
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Forest Management in the Interface: Practicing Visible Stewardship by Bruce Hull, Sarah F. Ashton, Rien M. Visser, Martha C. Monroe

“…Monroe, reviews a suite of visible stewardship options, such as cues-to-care and screening practices that can help improve public perceptions of resource management practices such as timber harvesting. Includes references. Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, July 2008. …”
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Red Heart Disease in Pines Caused by Porodaedalea (Phellinus) pini in Florida by Yin-Tse Huang, Jeffrey Eickwort, Jiri Hulcr

“…The disease can decrease timber value and weaken trees, making them threats to people and property. …”
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Red Heart Disease in Pines Caused by Porodaedalea (Phellinus) pini in Florida by Yin-Tse Huang, Jeffrey Eickwort, Jiri Hulcr

“…The disease can decrease timber value and weaken trees, making them threats to people and property. …”
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Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Deer in Forests by William M. Giuliano, John M. Olson, Cailey Thomas

“…As such, they are often the focus of management for landowners, managers, and lessees who want to improve deer populations while maintaining other land uses such as timber production. This 2-page fact sheet provides some deer habitat improvement tips that focus primarily on raising the quality of deer forage but that also will help you grow better cover by improving plant diversity and productivity. …”
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Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Deer in Forests by William M. Giuliano, John M. Olson, Cailey Thomas

“…As such, they are often the focus of management for landowners, managers, and lessees who want to improve deer populations while maintaining other land uses such as timber production. This 2-page fact sheet provides some deer habitat improvement tips that focus primarily on raising the quality of deer forage but that also will help you grow better cover by improving plant diversity and productivity. …”
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Soil Microbial Responses to Varying Environmental Conditions in a Copper Belt Region of Africa: Phytoremediation Perspectives by Kabwe Nkongolo, John B. Mukalay, Antoine K. Lubobo, Paul Michael

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Small sets in convex geometry and formal independence over ZFC by Menachem Kojman

“…We discuss the relation of reducibility between convexity ideals and the connections between convexity ideals and other types of ideals, such as the ideals which are generated over squares of Polish space by graphs and inverses of graphs of continuous self-maps, or Ramsey ideals, which are generated over Polish spaces by the homogeneous sets with respect to some continuous pair coloring. …”
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Recognizing Florida's Venomous Snakes by Steve A. Johnson, Martin B. Main

“…The venomous species include five pit vipers (Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Pygmy Rattlesnake, Copperhead, and Cottonmouth) and the Coral Snake. …”
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Forest Management in the Interface: Reducing Fire Risk by Bruce Hull, Sarah F. Ashton, Rien M. Visser, Martha C. Monroe

“…Wildfires can change forest vegetation, affect human health, and cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage to homes, businesses, timber, and tourism. This revised 5-page fact sheet outlines tips for the firewise community development, design of structures, landscaping, and fuel reduction. …”
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Neurobehavioral Aspects of the Delayed Encephalopathy of Carbon Monoxide Intoxication: Case Report and Review by M. F. Mendez, R. C. Doss

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The Green Value of Your Woods: A Summary of Ecosystem Services Provided by Forest Stewardship Lands in Florida by Rose Godfrey, Chris Demers, Francisco Escobedo, Damian Adams, Michael Andreu

“…The Stewardship Ecosystem Services Survey calculated the physical and economic benefits of water resource protection, carbon sequestration and storage, timber production, and wildlife conservation. This 2-page fact sheet was written by Rose Godfrey, Chris Demers, Francisco Escobedo, Damian Adams, and Michael Andreu, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, September 2013. …”
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ESTIMACIÓN DE LA TASA SOCIAL DE DESCUENTO A LARGO PLAZO EN EL MARCO DE LOS SISTEMAS NACIONALES DE INVERSIÓN. Aplicación al caso chileno by Gonzalo Edwards

“…Adicionalmente, estima, para Chile, la tasa de descuento, con base en dos metodologías: la primera es una variación del método de descuento gamma, propuesto por Weitzman (2001); la segunda usa la fórmula de Ramsey que se deriva de un modelo de crecimiento para estimar la tasa social de preferencia por el tiempo.…”
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Forest Management in the Interface: Reducing Fire Risk by Bruce Hull, Sarah F. Ashton, Rien M. Visser, Martha C. Monroe

“…Wildfires can change forest vegetation, affect human health, and cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage to homes, businesses, timber, and tourism. This revised 5-page fact sheet outlines tips for the firewise community development, design of structures, landscaping, and fuel reduction. …”
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Establishment of Silvopasture in Existing Pastures by Jarek Nowak, Alan Long, Ann Blount

“…Another possible scenario is to thin existing timber stands and plant or seed forage species among the remaining trees. …”
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