The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is an economically and ecologically important tree worldwide. However, maturation and position effects affect its asexual reproduction. Despite etiolation treatment and successive subcultures promoting the plant cutting’s rooting rate, whether the promoting effects of aging (upper) branches and young (lower) branches are consistent is unknown. Therefore, we evaluated the relevant root...

Special tariffs have been increasingly adopted to protect domestic industries from potential injury caused by unfair international trade. In this study, a multinomial logit model is employed to examine the patterns and determinants of antidumping duty investigations in the global forest products industry. From 1995 to 2015, a total of 372 relevant cases are identified. The number of firms and the inclusion of unions as a petit...