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Thursday, March 4th, 2010M.D.P. Kumarathunge, R.O. Thattil, S.P. Nissanka and P. Pathinayaka
The use of correct sampling techniques is of paramount importance since the precision of estimates greatly depends on it. Different methods of sampling have to be investigated to find out the best sampling technique for a given situation. This study was conducted to determine the best sampling [...]
Forest woodland ecosystem: An insight into the addition of litter through teak plantation
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010A. K. Mani, S. Manivasakan, S. Vijayabaskaran
Teak is an important tree species grown under plantation conditions for timber requirement. Being a deciduous tree, it favours for accelerated nutrient cycling. A field experiment was conducted in an eighteen year old teak plantation at Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, India to study the litterfall, [...]
Growth, biomass and carbon accumulation among rubber (Hevea brasiliensis), teak
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010N. Appuhamy, L. Samarappuli and S. Karunaratne
The study was conducted to compare the biomass accumulation and carbon stocks among rubber, teak and mahogany. Above Ground Biomass of each species were calculated using the allometric models. Mean total tree height of rubber, teak and mahogany were ranging from 0.87 m to 20.32 m, 3.41 m to [...]
Effect of particle size of Coco peat for Greenhouse Tomato (Lycopercicum esculantum
Monday, February 1st, 2010H.K.M.S. Kumarasinghe1 and D.G.D. Ransimala2
Coco peat is a by product of extraction of fiber from coconut husk. It is 100% natural, biodegradable, fibrous and spongiest material. It has high C: N ratio, therefore it take long period to decompose. Also it has high water holding capacity, approximately 7-9 times its own weight. Coco peat contains [...]
A Study of Veddas Life Style Intermingled with Environment and its Change
Saturday, July 11th, 2009For this study data were collected from the Veddas in Dambana and Henanigala in the period from 1994 to 2004. In this period the researcher applied participant observation method for collecting data. From then through the year 2004 she had a continuous contact with the respondents for gathering data. Accordingly researcher has almost taken one [...]
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Technology for Waste water Treatment and Bio energy: Cow dung as a Waste Biomass substrate
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an electrochemical cell that converts chemical energy into electrical energy through catalytic reactions of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. MFC consists of an invariant electrode electrolyte system. In the anode, electrons are produced as a result of catabolism in microorganisms consuming organic substrates. These electrons flow through an external circuit to [...]
Download the status of the Environment book
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009This Status of the Environment assessment for Sri Lanka provides a basis for the development of action plans, the next stage of the planning process. The report aims to provide guidance for action planning, policy setting and resource allocation for the coming decades to improve the state of the environment of Sri Lanka and the [...]
Trends and process of Kithul tapping as an aspect of forest utilization
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The Sinharaja forest reserve is one of the least disturbed and biologically unique Tropical Wet Evergreen Rain Forests in Sri Lanka located in the Southern as well as Sabaragamuwa provinces in the wet zone.In addition, the
forest reservation comprises two isolated villages located within it and twenty-five villages at its vicinity. Many of the villagers from [...]
Wood quality traits in Eucalyptus hybrid in Tamilnadu for pulpwood
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Eucalyptus tereticornis is utilized mainly for paper pulp as it possess long fibers and fibers with wide overall diameter and thin walls. This paper elicits information on extent of variability, effect of stand age, order of coppice sprouts relative to the original tree and number of coppice sprouts per stool on wood properties of E. [...]
Litterfall and Nutrient Accretions to Soil in Teak Plantation
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008In natural forests and manmade protected plantations, nutrient cycling is an important process and it involves various processes within the ecosystem. A considerable amount of nutrients are returned through litterfall in the form of leaves, twigs, bark, flowers, fruits, etc. to the soil and are made available for reabsorption. In order to study the litterfall [...]
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