Unit4HistoryofForestryDevelopmentEnglishforForestryScience
ResearchTaskUnit4HistoryofForestryDevelopment
LOGOAcademicskill:WritinganabstractWhatisanabstract?Anabstractisasummaryoftheresearcharticle,throughwhichreaderscouldeasilyidentifyaccuratelythemajorcontentofthearticlewithinaveryshorttimesoastodeterminewhetherthearticleisrelevantorusefultotheiracademicresearch.
1.Content
2.LanguageLengthofabstractsInmostcases,thelengthofabstractsissupposedtobewithinthelimitsof200-300words.
2.LanguageTense
2.LanguageVoiceBothactiveandpassivevoicesareadoptedinabstractsofacademicpapers,butindifferentparts.
SampleInthispaper,weinvestigatedthepotentialforincreasingcarbonsequestrationbyplantingtreesinamid-sizedcityasacontributiontomeetingnationalcommitmentstoreduceCO2emissions.‘IterativeGISmodelsweredevelopedusinghigh-resolutionspatialdata.Themodelswereappliedtopatchesofpublicandprivatelyownedurbangreenspacesuitableforplantingtreesacrossthe73squarekmareaofthecityofLeicester.
SampleWemodeledtreeplantingwithaspeciesmixbasedontheexistingtreepopulationsandcarbonsequestrationintoharvestedbiomassover25years.Anareaof11squarekmcomprising15%ofthecitymetcriteriafortreeplantingandhadthepotentialover25yearstosequester4,200tonsofcarbonabove-ground.Theharvestedbiomasscouldsupplyenergytoover1,566domestichomesor30municipalbuildings,resultinginavoidedcarbonemissionsof29,236tonsofcarbonover25yearswhencomparedtoheatingbynaturalgas.
SampleTogetherwiththenetcarbonsequestrationintotrees,atotalreductionof33,419tonsofcarbonintheatmospherecouldbeachievedin25yearsbytreeplantingacrossthecity.Wedemonstratethaturbangreenspacesinatypicalcityareunderutilizedforprovisioningecosystemservicesbytrees.Forurbangreenspacem