Sentences with phrase «wood decay in»

«Measuring trees with the speed of sound: Non-invasive sonic technology measures wood decay in living, tropical trees.»

Understanding wood decay in forests is of special concern in the tropics because tropical forests are estimated to harbor 96 % of the world's tree diversity and about 25 % of terrestrial carbon, compared to the roughly 10 % of carbon held in temperate forests.

Not exact matches

Upon walking in, it has that perfectly evocative scent of old wood, metal and gently decaying books.

The wood decay fungus Heterobasidion parviporum causes root rot in spruce and is a serious pathogen.

Background You can often find sow bugs and pill bugs in damp, dark places, like the soil under rocks or decaying wood.

To find them look under stones, decaying wood, old leaves, in gardens in the soil near plants, and along house foundations and basements.

That's because they underwent a process in which silica — likely emitted by a nearby volcano — saturated the tree and took on the shape of the wood's internal structure as it decayed, preserving its 3D cellular structure.

A novel paper led by Inger Skrede (University of Olso, Norway) reveals a number of features that can explain why the dry to fungus Serpula lacrymans is the most successful invasive wood decay fungus in the built environment.

Steering wheel — The wood steering wheel is believed to be original and is in good condition, with no chips or wood decay.

The trip from my decayed but roomy apartment in Blasewitz took no more than twenty minutes, and in summer especially I would combine it with a trip to the Hygiene Museum or a picnic in the Volkspark, with its ornamental lakes and decorous imperial woods.

The gestures executed are playful yet exact — clapping wood blocks overhead in unison, for example — as the element of sound delay relates specifically to the medium and the emptied out environs of a decayed city.

Against a backdrop of dated and dingy wood paneling, the original flooring has been supplanted by a carpet of green moss, its emerald hue providing unexpected beauty in the midst of decay.

Each artist will address the theme utilizing locally available natural materials (salt, wood, dirt, plant - life, etc.) or natural elements and processes (wind, fire, water, decay, evaporation, erosion, etc.) in a temporary installation.

If the wood is allowed to decay, a mature forest is nearly a net zero in the carbon cycle.

(c) Different assumptions about the utilization and decay of wood products and consequently, the CO2 sequestration in them;

This maximum - minimum pattern, repeated seasonally, reveals how trees withdraw carbon dioxide from the air in summer to grow and then release it through dead, decaying leaves and wood in the winter.

After an oak tree was cut a year or two before this section was obtained, decay fungi had already set in, beginning to break the wood down to its basic elements.

The home is clad in wood throughout, and the exterior cladding was treated with the traditional Japanese Shou Sugi Ban method, which both preserves the wood and protects it from pests and decay naturally.