Recovering ability of deciduous Oak Forest after different stages of tree cutting in Central Italy

Nicola, Cristina De; Fanelli, Giuliano; Testi, Anna Maria; Costa, Corrado; D’Angeli, D.; Pignatti, Sandro

doi:10.1007/s12210-016-0572-0

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“…Forest management generally affects abiotic factors in deciduous forests [24], such as microclimate [25,26] and soil nutrients content and dynamics [27]. Tree cutting and coppicing are the most widespread management regimes which affect forest composition, structure and recovery, especially in southern European deciduous forests [28], where mature and old growth forests are rare. On the other hand, growth managed forests in Central Europe occupy a significant area and certain parts of them are both economically and environmentally valuable.…”

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Drivers of the Distribution of Ecological Species Groups in Temperate Deciduous Managed Forests in the Western Carpathian Mountains

Gábor

Beracko

Falťan

et al. 2019

Forests

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Managed broadleaf deciduous forests are an important type of forest vegetation in Central Europe, also in the Western Carpathians. These forests are both economically and environmentally valuable. However, little is known about ecological species groups and the inter-specific associations of dominant species in temperate deciduous managed forests in Central Europe. Since the forest stands are in a managed landscape, they are not consistent with the traditionally recognized and used vegetation associations in the Western Carpathians. For these reasons our research contributes to understanding the consequences of broadleaf deciduous forest management. The aim of this research was the determination of ecological species groups and an investigation into the main environmental drivers, in order to explain the distribution of ecological species groups. The numerical TWINSPAN classification was selected to distribute 146 relevés to the five ecological species groups. Of these, 77 relevés were divided into two groups with Fagus sylvatica dominant, while 63 relevés were Quercus petraea dominant. Carpinus betulus, Tilia cordata and Fraxinus excelsior were dominant in 19 relevés. Constrained Analysis of Principal Components was used to explain the vegetation–environment relationship on three transects in the Male Karpaty Mountains. Altitude, pH, Ca, C, K and Mg were selected as the significant environmental drivers responsible for a large part of the species group variability (31.8%). The main requirement for sustainable forest management is knowledge of the vegetation–environment relationship and this research was focused on gaining such understanding. This knowledge can be used as a decision support tool for sustainable management in managed deciduous forests.

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Drivers of the Distribution of Ecological Species Groups in Temperate Deciduous Managed Forests in the Western Carpathian Mountains

Gábor

Beracko

Falťan

et al. 2019

Forests

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“…Some others have found the change of forest stand structure after lumbering (De Nicola et al, 2017;Oyen and Nilsen, 2004;Zhirin and Knyazeva, 2012). Forest ecosystems can be disturbed by cutting heavily.…”

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Changes in soil properties in a low-quality broadleaf mixed forest after cutting strip reforms in a 9-year period in Northeastern China

Guan

Xiao

Zhang

et al. 2019

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Abstract. Strip reforms with widths of 6 m, 10 m, 14 m and 18 m were carried out in a low-quality broadleaf mixed forest in Greater Khingan Mountains. The influence of time on soil properties, including physical and chemical properties, were analysed on the basis of data of the soil components obtained from nine consecutive years (from 2010 to 2018). In the meantime, a principal component analysis was used to determine the weight of each soil indicator, and the fuzzy comprehensive index method was applied to provide further insight into the variation of soil quality. We found that most soil physical properties were damaged by cutting within 3 years and can be restored after 6 years. Over the 9 years, soil physical properties displayed some differences across cutting strip widths, while chemical properties did not display any differences. In terms of chemical properties, they need more time to recover. In view of the current research years, the soil quality could not be restored in the 18-m harvesting zone within nine years. The cutting width of 10 m is more obvious than that of other transformation widths, so 10 m is the best width for cutting strips for the forest. This study has important implications for sustainable management of the mixed natural broadleaf forest in the study region and beyond. A larger width of the cutting strip in this type of forest in the region should be avoided. Moreover, for forest soil conditions, we need to continue long-term observations.

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Syntaxonomy and vegetation–environment relationships in Mount Akdağ (Amasya/Türkiye)

Yildirim

Yalçin

Cansaran

2022

Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei

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Recovering ability of deciduous Oak Forest after different stages of tree cutting in Central Italy

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Drivers of the Distribution of Ecological Species Groups in Temperate Deciduous Managed Forests in the Western Carpathian Mountains

Drivers of the Distribution of Ecological Species Groups in Temperate Deciduous Managed Forests in the Western Carpathian Mountains

Changes in soil properties in a low-quality broadleaf mixed forest after cutting strip reforms in a 9-year period in Northeastern China

Syntaxonomy and vegetation–environment relationships in Mount Akdağ (Amasya/Türkiye)

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