Prof. Ben du Toit

 

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2017

du Toit B, Malherbe GF, Kunneke A, Siefert T and Wessels CB, 2016. Survival and long-term growth of eucalypts on semi-arid sites in a Mediterranean climate, South Africa. Southern Forests, DOI 10.2989/20702620.2016.1254914 pdf           

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43 2016

Scheepers GP, du Toit B, 2016. Potential for uitlization of wood ash on coastal arenosols with limited buffer capacity in KwaZulu-Natal and its effect on eucalypt stand nutrition and growth. iForests, DOI 10.3832/ifor2146-009 (Early View) pdf

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42

2016

Scheepers GP, du Toit B, 2016. Potential use of Wood Ash in South African Forestry: a review. Southern Forests, DOI 10.2989/20702620.2016.1230716.pdf

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41        

2016       

Mensah S, Veldtman R, du Toit B, Kakaï RG, Seifert T, 2016.  Aboveground Biomass and Carbon in a South African Mistbelt Forest and the Relationships with Tree Species Diversity and Forest Structures. Forests 2016, 7, 79; DOI:10.3390/f7040079 pdf

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40

2016

Wessels CB, Crafford PL, du Toit B, Johansson M, Lundqvist S-O, Säll H, Seifert T, 2016. Variation in physical and lumber properties from three drought tolerant Eucalyptus species grown on the dry west coast of Southern Africa. Eur J Wood Prod. DOI 10.1007/s00107-016-1016-3. pdf

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39

2015

Dovey SB, du Toit B, 2015. Nitrogen mineralisation in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation on sandy soil after clearfelling and residue burning. Indian Forester 141 (4): 411-421. pdf

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38

2015

Pretzsch H, Biber P, Uhl E, Dahlhausen J, Rötzer T, Caldentey J, Koike T, van Con T, Chavanne A, Seifert T, du Toit B, Farnden C, Pauleit S, 2015. Crown size and growing space requirement of common tree species in urban centres, parks, and forests. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 14(3):466-479. pdf.

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37

2015

Phiri D, Ackerman P,  Wessels CB, du Toit B, Johansson M, Säll H, Lundqvist S-O, Seifert T, 2015. Biomass Equations for Selected Drought-tolerant Eucalypts in South Africa. Southern Forests: 2015:1-8 pdf

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36

2014

Muys B, Nyssen J, du Toit B, Vidale E, Prokofieva I, Mavsar R, Palahi M. 2014. Water-Related Ecosystem Services of Forests: Learning from Regional Cases, IN Katila P, Galloway G, DeJong W, Pacheco P Mery G (eds.) Forests under pressure: Local responses to global issues, IUFRO world Series Volume 32,  International Union of Forestry Research organisations, Vienna.  pdf

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35

2014

Dovey SB, du Toit B, de Clercq W. 2014. Nutrient leaching under zero tension in a subtropical clonal Eucalypt plantation on a sandy soil in South Africa. SA J. Plant Soil 31(3):153-162. pdf

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34

2014

Seifert T, Ackerman PA, Chirwa PW, Von Doderer CCC, du Toit B, Görgens JF, Ham C, Kunneke A, Meincken M, 2014. Biomass from Wood in the Tropics In Seifert T (Ed). Bioenergy from wood, Chapter 1, pp1-10 Springer, Dordrecht.

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33

2014

du Toit  B, Gush MB, Pryke JS, Samways MJ, Dovey SD, 2014. Ecological impacts of biomass production at stand and landscape levels. In Seifert T (Ed). Bioenergy from wood, Chapter 10, pp211-236. Springer.

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32

2014

 du Toit  B, 2014. Biomass production in intensively managed forests. In Seifert T (Ed). Bioenergy from Wood, Chapter 5, pp89-107. Springer.

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31

2012

du Toit B and Norris C, 2012. Elements of silvicultural systems and regimes used in southern African plantations. In Bredenkamp, BV and Upfold, S., (Eds). South African Forestry Handbook, Fifth edition. Southern African Institute of Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 2.1, pp 21-25.

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30

2012

du Toit B, 2012. Matching site, species and silvicultural regime to optimise the productivity of commercial softwood species in southern Africa. In Bredenkamp, BV and Upfold, S., (Eds). South African Forestry Handbook, Fifth edition. Southern African Institute of Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 2.3, pp 43-49.

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29

2012

Viero PWM and du Toit B, 2012. Establishment and regeneration of eucalypt, pine and wattle stands. In Bredenkamp, BV and Upfold, S., (Eds). South African Forestry Handbook, Fifth edition. Southern African Institute of Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 2.9, pp 99-106.

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28

2012

Kotze H and du Toit B, 2012. Silviculture of industrial pine plantations in Southern Africa. In Bredenkamp, BV and Upfold, S., (Eds). South African Forestry Handbook, Fifth edition. Southern African Institute of Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 2.11, pp 123-139.

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27

2012

Maree B, Kotze H and du Toit B, 2012. Silviculture of industrial Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations in South Africa. In Bredenkamp, BV and Upfold, S., (Eds). South African Forestry Handbook, Fifth edition. Southern African Institute of Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 2.12, 141-155.

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26

2012

Seifert T, Ham C, du Toit B, 2012. Forestry and forestry research in South Africa in Fehrmann l, Klein C (Eds). Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Forests in Climate change research and Policy: the role of forest management and conservation in a complex international setting. Pietermartizburg and Durban, South Africa, 1/12/2011 - 7/12/2011. Cuvillier Verlag, Gottingen, 2012.

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25

2011

Dovey SB, du Toit B, de Clercq W, 2011. Nutrient fluxes in Rainfall, Throughfall and Stemflow in Eucalyptus Stands on the Zululand Coastal Plain, South Africa. Southern Forests 73(3&4):193-206 pdf

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24

2011

Dovey SB, de Clercq W, du Toit B, 2011. A comparison of soil moisture relations between standing and clearfelled plots with burnt and unburnt harvest residue treatments of a clonal eucalypt plantation on the Zululand Coastal Plain, South Africa. Water SA 37(4) 483-494.pdf

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23

2011

du Toit B, 2011. Guest Editorial: A reflection on achievements and opportunities for Southern Foresters in 2011, the International Year of Forests. Southern Forests 73(2):pp iii-iv. pdf

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22

2011

Seifert T, du Toit B, Jooste GH, Seibold S, Durrheim G,Seydack A.Towards an individual tree forest growth model for natural forests in south africa: testing competition indices to model individual tree diameter growth in afro-temperate forests. Proceedings of 5th Natural Forest symposium, Richard's Bay, 2011. 

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21

2010

du Toit B, Smith CW, Little KM, Boreham G, Pallett RN, 2010. Intensive, site-specific silviculture:  Manipulating resource availability at establishment for improved stand productivity. Forest Ecology and Management 259:1836-1845. pdf

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20

2010

Klash A, Ncube E, du Toit B,  Meincken M, 2010. Determination of the Cellulose and Lignin Content on Wood Fibre Surfaces of Eucalypts as a Function of genotype and Site. Eur. J. Forest Res., 129:741-748. pdf

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19

2010

Esberg C, du Toit B, Olsson R, Ilstedt U, Giesler R, 2010. Microbial responses to P additions in six South African forest soils. Plant and Soil 329:209-225. pdf

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18

2010

du Toit B, Swart JPJ and  De Waal TJ, 2010. Utilisation du bois des arbres exotiques invasifs pour la consommation en bois-énergie: la province du Cap (Utilising the wood of exotic invasive trees for urban consumption as bio-energy in the Western Cape Province, South Africa). Foresterie urbaine et périurbaine en Afrique Quelles perspectives pour le bois énergie (Urban and peri-urban forestry - perspectives for bio-energy), Bogota, Colombia, Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations 2010: 53-61

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17

2008

du Toit B, 2008. Effects of site management on growth, biomass partitioning and light use efficiency in a young stand of Eucalyptus grandis in South Africa. For. Ecol. Manage. 255(7): 2324-2336.  pdf

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16

2008

du Toit B Dovey SB Smith CW, 2008. Effects of slash and site management treatments on soil properties, nutrition and growth of a Eucalyptus grandis plantation in South Africa. In Nambiar, E.K.S. (ed.) Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings of Workshops in Piracicaba (Brazil) 22-26 November 2004 and Bogor (Indonesia) 2-9 November 2006. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. pp63-78.

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15

2008

Saint-André L, Laclau JP, Deleporte P, Gava JL, Gonçalves JLM, Mendham D, Nzila JD, Smith CW, du Toit B, Xu DP, Sankaran KV, Marien JN, Nouvellon Y, Bouillet JP, Ranger J, 2008. Slash and litter management effects on Eucalyptus productivity: a synthesis using a modelling approach. In Nambiar EKS (ed.) Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings of Workshops in Piracicaba (Brazil) 22-26 November 2004 and Bogor (Indonesia) 2-9 November 2006. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. pp173-190.

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14

2006

Dovey SB, du Toit B, 2006. Calibration of LAI-2000 canopy analyser with leaf area index in a young eucalypt stand. Trees Structure Function 20:273-277.

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13

2006

du Toit B, 2006. Information requirements to fertilize plantations with greater precision in a dry country. In Ackerman PA, Längen DW, Antonides MC. (eds.), Precision Forestry in plantations, semi-natural and natural forests. Proceedings of the International Precision Forestry Symposium, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 5-10 March 2006. pp245-260.

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12

2005

du Toit B, Dovey SB, 2005. Effect of site management on leaf area, biomass development and stand growth efficiency of a young stand of Eucalyptus grandis in South Africa. Can. J. For. Res. 35(4):891-900.

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11

2005

Smith CW, du Toit B, 2005. The effect of harvesting operations, slash management and fertilisation on the growth of a Eucalyptus clonal hybrid on a sandy soil. Southern Afr. For. J. 203:15-26.

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10

2004

du Toit B, Dovey SB, Fuller GF, Job RA, 2004. Effects of Harvesting and Site Management on Nutrient Pools and Stand Growth in a South African Eucalypt Plantation. In Nambiar EKS, Ranger J, Tiarks A,  Toma T (eds). Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings of Workshops in Congo July 2001 and China February 2003. Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia. pp31-43.

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9

2003

du Toit B, 2003. Effects of site management operations on the nutrient capital of a eucalypt plantation system in South Africa. Southern Afr. For. J.199:15-25.

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8

2003

Little KM. du Toit B, 2003. Management of Eucalyptus grandis coppice regeneration of seedling parent stock in Zululand, South Africa. Australian For. 66(2): 108-112.

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7

2002

du Toit B, Scholes MC, 2002. Nutritional sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations: A case study at Karkloof, South Africa. Southern Afr. For. J.195:63-72.

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6

2002

du Toit B,  2002. Wattle Nutrition. In: Dunlop, R. W. and MacLennan, L., (eds). Black Wattle: The South African Research Experience. Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, Chapter 6, pp 47-64.

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5

2002

du Toit B,  2002.   Long-term ecological sustainability of wattle plantations.  In: Dunlop RW, MacLennan L (eds). Black Wattle: The South African Research Experience. Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, Chapter 14, pp 135-144.

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4

2001

du Toit B, Arbuthnot A, Oscroft D, Job RA, 2001. The effects of remedial fertilizer treatments on growth and pulp properties of Eucalyptus grandis stands established on infertile soils of the Zululand Coastal Plain. Southern Afr. For. J. 192:9-18.

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3

2000

du Toit B, Carlson C, 2000. Fertilization of commercial forest stands. In Owen D (ed). South African Forestry Handbook. Vol. 1:102-105. Southern African Institute of Forestry, V&R Printers, Pretoria.

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2

2000

du Toit B, Esprey LJ, Job RA, Fuller GF, Dovey S, 2000. Effects of Site Management in Eucalyptus grandis plantations in South Africa. In Nambiar EKS, Tiarks A, Cossalter C, Ranger J (eds). Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests. Workshop Proceedings 7-11 December 1999, Kerala, India. pp 21-30.

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1

1999

du Toit B, Smith C, Carlson C, Esprey L, Allan R, Little K, 1999. Eucalypt and Pine plantations in South Africa. In Nambiar EKS, Cossalter C, Tiarks A (eds). Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests. Workshop Proceedings, 16-20 February 1998, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. pp 23-30.

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