The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
The 'Sikfokut Project' was initiated in 1972 by the Institute of Botany of the Kossuth Lajos University (KLTE) in Debrecen (second largest city in Hungary). The project followed the Paris meeting of UNESCO in 1971 ('Research on the temperate zone forest'). Since 1979, the Institute of Ecology (first to be established in the history of the country), has continued the project. An appeal to ecology...
Sapwood cross-sectional area is a simple biometric parameter widely used for scaling up the transpiration data between trees and forest stands. However, it is not always clear how the sapwood can be estimated and considered, which may cause scaling errors. We examined the sapwood depth according to xylem water content and more precisely according to radial patterns of sap flow rate in five coniferous...
The Austrian black pine reforestation projects on Monte Morello, near the heavily populated metropolitan area of Florence (Italy), have been affected for many years now by a severe decline consisting of widespread crown yellowing. To investigate the causes of this decline foliar diagnosis methods were used to monitor the nutritional status of ten trees, sampling and analysing every year, between...