CANOPY STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE FOLLOWING DROUGHT, DISTURBANCE AND DEATH IN AN UPLAND OAK/PINE FOREST OF THE NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS, USA

Canopy stomatal conductance following drought, disturbance and death in an upland oak/pine forest of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, USA

Stomatal conductance controls carbon and water fluxes in forest ecosystems.Therefore, its accurate characterization in land surface flux models is necessary.Sap-flux scaled canopy conductance was used to evaluate the effect of drought, disturbance and mortality of three oak species (Quercus prinus, Q.velutina and Q.coccinia) in an upland oak/pine s

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Dispersion of Micro Fibrillated Cellulose (MFC) in Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) from Lab-Scale to Semi-Industrial Processing Using Biobased Plasticizers as Dispersing Aids

In the present study, two commercial typologies of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) (Exilva and Celish) with 2% wt % were firstly melt-compounded at the laboratory scale into polylactic acid (PLA) by a microcompounder.To reach an MFC proper dispersion and avoid the well-known aglomeration Intimate Spray problems, the use of two kinds of biobased pl

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