Respiration. In respiration, plants (and animals) convert the sugars (photosynthates) back into energy for growth and other life processes (metabolic processes). The chemical equation for respiration shows that the photosynthates are combined with oxygen releasing energy, carbon dioxide, and water.
Timberland properties only. 1  Can be wholly owned or in a joint venture structure. 2  At least 80% of the property must be in a fee-simple ownership status (no more than 20% may be leased).
Timberland owned by Plum Creek Timber Co. is seen near JackmanThomson Reuters. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Weyerhaeuser Co will purchase Plum Creek Timber Co Inc in a deal announced on Sunday that the two companies said would create a $23 billion timber, land and forest products company, the largest in the United States.