Few studies have been published that focus on monitoring and investigating the long-term patterns of recruitment and survival of seedlings in the understories of tropical forests. Studies for mixed dipterocarp forest, the ...
Plant transpiration plays a key role in the hydrological cycle in forested watersheds. Oak trees infested with Japanese oak wilt may show changes in transpiration even if they are still alive.
However, to our knowledge, ...
De Alwis, H.N.; Subasinghe, S.M.C.U.P.; Hettiarachchi, D.S.(2016)
Certain members of Aquilaria, Gyrinops, Gonystylus and Aetoxylon genera of
Thymelaeaceae family produce a highly valuable resin called agarwood inside the
stem, branches and roots. Agarwood is extensively used for ...
Agarwood is an expensive resinous product extracted from some members of Aquilaria and
Gyrinops species of the family Thymalaeaceae. Agarwood essential oil is a highly valued perfumery
product in modern cosmetics and ...
Agarwood is a resin produced by certain species of family Thymalaeaceae due to a self-defence mechanism. Most species of Aquilaria and a few species of Gyrinops, Aetoxylon and Gonystylus are capable of producing agarwood. ...
Senadheera, D.K.L.; Ranasinghe, D.M.H.S.K.; Wahala, W.A.S.B.; Amarasekera, H.S.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a methodological framework for evaluating environmental performance over the life cycle of a product, process, or an activity. In Sri Lanka, majority of timber for wood based industries ...
Karunathilake, E.M.B.M.; Amarasekera, H.S.; Dewendra, M.C.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)
Treating wood with coal tar creosote increases its service life by preventing biological deterioration. For the present study, creosote, major oil borne preservative was used to treat railway sleepers. In Sri Lanka, State ...
Fernando, T.D.; Amarasekera, H.S.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)
The moisture content of wood depends on the relative humidity and the temperature of air surrounding it. The cells of timber contain large amount of water in cell cavities as free water and in cell walls as bound water.
Wood ...
Senadheera, D.K.L.; Ranasinghe, D.M.H.S.K.; Amarasekera, H.S.; Wahala, W.A.S.B.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)
Forest and forest products have a vital role in mitigation of the global climate change. The main objective of this study was to assess the carbon emissions in the manufacturing of wood products taking an example of the ...
Dulanga, H.R.; Subasinghe, S.M.C.U.P.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)
Tree growth rate is the most important variable in commercial forestry because most of the important management decisions are taken on the growth rate of trees. There are a number of factors controlling the distribution ...
Nanayakkara, P.S.S.; Subasinghe, S.M.C.U.P.; Peiris, V.R.S.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2016)
Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a monocotyledonous plant belongs to family Arecaceae. It is grown on about 11.8 million ha of lands in more than 92 countries. Coconut plantations occupy over 6% of the total land area of Sri ...