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Deadwood volume assessment in Calabrian pine ( Pinus brutia Ten.) peri-urban forests: Comparison between two sampling methods.
- Source :
- Journal of Sustainable Forestry; 2017, Vol. 36 Issue 7, p666-686, 21p, 1 Illustration, 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In the Sustainable Forest Management, deadwood is a fundamental substrate for numerous species, and a key factor in carbon and nutrient cycles. The main aim of the paper is to estimate the amount of deadwood in two Calabrian pine forests (Monte Morello in Italy; Xanthi in Greece) characterized by different stand conditions and management practices. The second aim is to compare two different sampling methods to estimate the volume of lying deadwood: the fixed-area sampling (FAS) method and the line intersect sampling (LIS) method. The results show that the Monte Morello peri-urban forest is characterized by a high quantity of deadwood (75.1 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript>) divided in 80% of lying deadwood, 18% of standing dead trees, and 2% of stumps. The Xanthi peri-urban forest is characterized by a total amount of deadwood of 9.21 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript> divided in 34% of lying deadwood, 18% of standing dead trees and 48% of stumps. The mean volume of lying deadwood in Monte Morello estimated using the FAS is 59.91 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript>, while using the LIS the mean volume is 64.9 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript>. In the Xanthi, the mean volume of lying deadwood is 3.11 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript> using FAS and 5.49 m<superscript>3</superscript> ha<superscript>−1</superscript> using LIS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FOREST management
SUSTAINABILITY
CARBON cycle
NUTRIENT cycles
BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycles
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10549811
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Sustainable Forestry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125434815
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2017.1345685