Dense forests

Nature Parks PETRIFIED FOREST Arizona
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Russian Images, Vol. 2
$21.98
Following on from the success of the first "Russian Images"disc.Vasily Savenko and Alexander Blok have again come up with a selection to suprise and delight lovers of Russian Romans. The excellent sleeve notes put into perspective this kaleidoscope:"The spectrum is broad,both chronologically,ranging from the 1840s to the 1940s, and stylistically,comprising works by composers of Russian Nationalist school,the romantic era,the rich Silver Age immediate preceding the revolution,as well as the years of the soviet regime.The choice of songs has been designed to include both well-loved favourites and such unfamiliar material as the Mosolov settings of Pushkin,composed in 1949 but not receiving their premier in the West until Vassily Savenko and Michael Dussek gave the first performance almost fifty years later. To those unfamiliar with the artistry of the bass-baritone Vassily Savenko and his distinguished pianist,Alexander Blok,this disc is sure to be a revelation-both for its exquisite songs and thrilling performance by a singer who has few equals in this genre.Savenko uses his powerful,operatic voice to great effect in Rachmaninovs "Arion",in Medtners "Invocation"and Taneyevs "And the foes stood trembling",but commands expression and nuance of the utmost delicacy in Tchaikovskys "my genius,my angel,my friend" and in Arenskys "Was it so long ago to anchanting strains".In Taneyevs beautiful,evocative setting of Baudelaires "Dense Forest",Savenko displays his depth of tone and phenomenal breath control,but the whole selection affirms him an artist of great eloquence in the service of music.Alexander Bloks Accomplished support at the piano makes this a must- have disc!

A Dense Forest of Skinny Birch Trees Photographic Poster Print by Todd Gipstein, 40x30
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Wood density in dense forest in central Amazonia, Brazil [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]
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This digital document is a journal article from Forest Ecology and Management, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Measurements of wood density of trees in Amazonian forests are necessary to reduce uncertainties in estimates of carbon stocks and of greenhouse-gas emissions from deforestation. Based on samples from 310 trees in 186 species or morpho-species collected near Manaus, Brazil, the present study finds that commonly used wood density estimates found in published lists by species need to be adjusted downward by 5.3%. Taking the average bole density from this study as a standard, wood density overestimations in three prior studies of the central Amazon were found to be 6%, 4% and 0%. Estimates of primary forest biomass and of gross emissions from biomass loss through deforestation will have to be reduced by similar percentages. Considering full disks with bark dried at 103^oC, the mean basic density at breast height in the Central Amazon dense forest was 0.704+/-0.117 (mean+/-1 standard deviation; n=310; range, 0.27-0.96); at the top of the bole it was 0.647+/-0.093 (n=307; range, 0.26-0.87). The arithmetic mean of the basic density of the trunk-average of the density at breast height and at the top of the bole-was 0.675+/-0.101 (n=307; range, 0.27-0.91). The mean basic density of the bole, adjusted for tapering, and using four samples along the bole, was 0.670+/-0.099 (n=71; range, 0.38-0.86). The arithmetic mean of the basic density for the same trees was 0.675+/-0.098 (range, 0.39-0.87). The basic density of central heartwood was 0.766+/-0.158 (n=149; range, 0.34-1.06). Significant differences exist between the various published estimates for Amazonian forest biomass and emissions, but we emphasize that revision of density values based on the present study will not reduce these discrepancies; instead, all estimates will shift in parallel to lower levels. Adjustments to biomass and emissions are sufficiently large to be significant for the global carbon balance. For example, an estimate of net committed emissions of 249x10^6 Mg CO"2-equivalent C/year for Brazilian Amazonia in the 1990, of which 237x10^6 Mg CO"2-equivalent C/year was from net removal of biomass, would be reduced by 14x10^6 Mg CO"2-equivalent C/year (5.7%: larger than the 5.3% adjustment to gross emissions because regrowth estimates remain unchanged). Decrease of similar proportions would apply throughout the tropics. For the 1980s, these downward adjustments total 113x10^6 Mg C/year for CO"2 effects alone, or approximately 132 Mg CO"2-equivalent C/year including trace gases.