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).
The largest, Molpus, is a timberland investment management organization (TIMO). (For more on what a TIMO is, click here and here.) Headquartered in Mississippi, Molpus bought 286,000 acres of Minnesota forest in 2012 from Forest Capital Partners, another TIMO.