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The following site studies have been undertaken by Fractal Forest to develop models for application in technical forestry operations:
- Topsoil organic carbon survey for fertilizer recommendations: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal (South Africa).
- Starter fertilizer recommendations per site type for eucalypts, pine and black wattle: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- Development of regional and local algorithms for estimating climatic conditions per plantation land unit: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- Estimated soil textural and chemical properties derived from lithological and climatic conditions per plantation land unit: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- Soil stress index at planting as a function of soil physical and chemical properties: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal.
- Site burning sensitivity index and prescriptions in relation to site parameters.
- Optimum planting window as a function of soil and climatic conditions.
- Detailed site requirements for commercial forestry species in southern Africa.
- Validation and characterisation of climatic, edaphic and lithological conditions per individual plantation land unit for site specific silvicultural management: Mpumalanga, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape (South Africa).
- The identification of sites suitable for seed orchard production: KwaZulu/Natal (South Africa).
- Land use planning for sustainable plantations: development strategies for eucalypt plantations.
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