In this paper we describe on-going development of a generic software framework for development of agricultural and forestry robots. The goal is to provide generic high-level functionality and to encourage distributed and structured programming, thus leading to faster and simplified development of robots. Different aspects of the framework are described using different architecture views. We sho...

C. A. Bates, Georgia Forestry Commission, Statesboro, GA 30461; S. W. Fraedrich, U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Athens, GA 30602; T. C. Harrington, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011; R. S. Cameron, Georgia Forestry Commission, Statesboro, GA 30461; R. D. Menard, U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Pineville, LA 71360...

Lihu Dong 1, Lianjun Zhang 2 and Fengri Li 1,* 1 Department of Forest Management, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; [email protected] 2 Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), One Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; [email protected] * Correspondenc...

Besides, Indonesia has significant gas and coal resources, indeed, has a lot of oil reserves, Indonesia has also the second largest tropical forest after Brazil and has about 144 million ha or around 10% of what remains of this resources (Trisasongko, 2002). Otherwise, Indonesian deforestation continues unabated, making the country a potentially big supplier of projects under the CDM (clean dev...

Objective: The aim of this study is to provide a management plan for the Sykan watershed of Darre shahr city located in Ilam province using GIS in land use planning. Methods: For land using of Sykan watershed of Ilam province with about 9 hectares area, map of classes, elevation, percent slope, geographical aspects, soil characteristics, vegetation density and the final map units were combined ...

1Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 2Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, and School of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 3Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 4Ins...