SAIF logoSouthern African Forestry Journal No. 189, November 2000

Contents


What if all the SA timber plantations were to disappear?

M.B.P. Edwards

189: 1-2


Program for the deterministic modelling of genetic gains of tree breeding and seed and clone production strategies.

S.D. Verryn, C.L. Snedden andR.C. Parfitt

189: 3-10


Predicted and realized genetic gain in Eucalyptus grandis breeding seedling orchard in Zimbabwe.

W.J. Gapare

189: 11-16


Water use efficiency in South African Eucalyptus plantations: a review.

Peter J. Dye

189: 17-26


A pilot study into the effects of fertilizer applied at planting on branching in Pinus patula.

Colleen A. Carlson and Samuel Soko

189: 27-34


Impact of fertilization at first thinning on Pinus patula basal area increment in Mpumalanga.

Colleen A. Carlson

189: 35-46


Methods of improving the survival of Pinus patula planted into harvesting residues.

Ross Allan and Gavin Higgs

189: 47-52


Predicting ultimate tensile and bending strengths of three finger-jointed tropical African hardwoods using acoustic emissions.

J. Ayarkwa, Y. Hirashima, K. Ando and Y. Sasaki

189: 53-62


Stiffness and buckling strength of SA pine compression members.

W.M.G. Burdzik

189: 63-70


Afromontane forest avifauna of the eastern Soutpansberg mountain range, Northern Province, South Africa.

C.T. Symes, S.M. Venter and M.R. Perrin

189: 71-80


Species composition and phytogeographical significance of an afromontane forest fragment in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

T.L. Morgenthal and S.S. Cilliers

189: 81-102


Basket-making from Secamone climbers in the Northern Province forests: Can it be sustained?

S.M. Venter

189: 103-108


Controlled pollination in Pinus patula: constraints and possible solutions.

C. Bester, L.H.C. van der Merwe and J.L. Malema

189: 109-112


Impacts of alien plant clearance on vegetation in the mountain catchments of the Western Cape.

P.M. Holmes and C. Marais

189: 113-118


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Southern African Institute of Forestry

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South Africa

Telephone / Fax: (012) 348 1745 [International code : 27-12]

email: forestry@mweb.co.za


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