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Function, Design, and Establishment of Riparian Forest Buffers: A Review
(Virginia Tech, 1999-02-08)
Through the interaction of their soils, hydrology, and biotic communities, riparian forests protect and improve water quality, provide habitat for plants and animals, support aquatic communities, and provide many benefits ...
Ospreys Use Bald Eagle Nests in Chesapeake Bay Area
(Raptor Research Foundation, 1993)
Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) share similar breeding habitat in the Chesapeake Bay area and elsewhere. The nests of these species are similar in size and appearance. Ospreys typically ...
Diffusion, 1990-1991
(Virginia Tech, 1991)
Diffusion is the long running newsletter of the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech.
Diffusion, 1993-1994
(Virginia Tech, 1994)
Diffusion is the long running newsletter of the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech.
Assessing trail conditions in protected areas: application of a problem-assessment method in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
(Cambridge University Press, 1999-12)
The degradation of trail resources associated with expanding recreation and tourism visitation is a growing management problem in protected areas worldwide. In order to make judicious trail and visitor management decisions, ...
Use of Nonwood Plant Fibers for Pulp and Paper Industry in Asia: Potential in China
(Virginia Tech, 1998-02-16)
The pulp and paper industry around the world has been growing rapidly. As a result there has been a huge demand for pulp and paper making raw material. Recent years have seen a spurt in use of nonwood fibers being used as ...
Developing a Natural Resource Database for Geographic Information System
(Virginia Tech, 1997-03-13)
Geographic information systems ( GIS ) are an effective tool for land management. By studying the land formations and land cover of a site, much information about the tree and animal species inhabiting a site can be ...
Tree Inventories and GIS in Urban Forestry
(Virginia Tech, 1999-07-26)
Planning and managing vegetation in urban areas is complex and can benefit from using computerized tree inventories and Geographic Information Systems. This paper outlines how tree inventories can be use to effectively ...
An Investigation of Factors Leading to Establishing Downstream Timber Processing in Malaysia
(Virginia Tech, 1998-08-04)
The Malaysian timber industry has made tremendous progress
towards making this sector one of the country's important
foreign exchange earners. From a major exporter of tropical
logs, it shifted to become a reliable ...
Diffusion, 1992-1993
(Virginia Tech, 1993)
Diffusion is the long running newsletter of the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech.