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Volume 4 Number 3 April 2014 Restoration-Focused Germination and Development of Five Central Mexican Oak Species

A.-C. Cecilia, C. J. Eduardo, M. Ana, A.-H. Victor, V.-D. Susana, G.-A. Gabriel, W. G. Fanny, C.-T. Ricardo………………171

Assessing Biomass Expansion Factor of Birch Tree Betula utilis D. DON

K. Alam, S. M. Nizami…………………………………….…….………………….…….………………….…….…….…….………………………………181

Sub-Canopy Temperature Dynamics of a Native Tree Plantation from a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Costa Rica

T.-L. Hirai, V. D. Carmona-Galindo, S. Samuelson, C. Hale, E. Braker……………………………..………………………………………191

Latest Achievements on Climate Change and Forest Interactions in a Polluted Environment

G. Carriero, J.-P. Tuovinen, N. Clarke, G. Matteucci, R. Matyssek, G. Wieser, T. N. Mikkelsen, R. Fischer,

P. Cudlin, Y. Serengil, F. Boscaleri, C. Calfapietra, Z. Z. Feng, E. Paoletti…..……………………………………………………………197

Granular Activated Carbon from Wood Originated from Tropical Virgin Forest

A. M. Hernández, M. Labady, J. Laine……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………208

Ecological Compensation: A Key to Sustainable Development in the Guizhou Province Karst Region, Southwest China

C. Y. Zhou, B. M. Svensson, J. H. Yan, X. Chen, K. Li………….………………...…………………………………………………………………212

A Step Closer to Local Carbon Calculations: Growth Timescales and Linear Relationships for Sand Forest and Woodland Tree Species in Maputaland, South Africa

J. Gaugris, C. A. Vasicek……………………….……………….………………………………………………………………………………………………223

Characteristics and Growing Stocks Volume of Forest Stand in Dry Temperate Forest of Chilas Gilgit-Baltistan

A. Raqeeb, S. M. Nizami, A. Saleem, M. Hanif………………………………………………………………………………………………………231

Estimation of Timber Production of Five Species of the Tamaulipas Thorny Shrubs Growing in Native Stands and Plantations

N. H. Maginot, F. P. Rahim, C.-P. Artemio, S. C. Lidia-Rosaura………………………………………………………………………………239

Ordinary Biodiversity, Local Stakeholders and Forest Management as a Driver for Regional Sustainable Development

H. Brédif, L. Simon…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………249

Open Journal of Forestry, 2014, 4, 171-289 Published Online April 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojf

Implication for Designing a REDD+ Program in a Frontier of Oil Palm Plantation Development: Evidence in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

D. Terauchi, N. Imang, M. Nanang, M. Kawai, M. A. Sardjono, F. Pambudhi, M. Inoue…………………………………………259

The Effects of Forest Thinning Practices and Altered Nutrient Supply on Soil Trace Gas Fluxes in Colorado

M. A. Gathany, I. C. Burke…………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………278

The figure on the front cover is from the article published in Open Journal of Forestry, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 191-196 by Traci-Lynn Hirai et al.

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