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Title: | Long-term response to thinning in a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) coppice stand under conversion to high forest in Central Italy | Authors: | Chianucci, Francesco Salvati, Luca Giannini, Tessa Chiavetta, Ugo Corona, Piermaria Cutini, Andrea |
Keywords: | Coppice management;Continuous cover forestry;Leaf area index;Thinning;Plant Canopy Analyzer | Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | The Finnish Society of Forest Science Natural Resources Institute Finland | Source: | Chianucci, F. et al. 2016. Long-term response to thinning in a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) coppice stand under conversion to high forest in Central Italy. "Silva Fennica" 50 (3) | Abstract: | European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests have a long history of coppicing, but the majority of formerly managed coppices are currently under conversion to high forest. The long time required to achieve conversion requires a long-term perspective to fully understand the implication of the applied conversion practices. In this study, we showed results from a long-term (1992–2014) casestudy comparing two management options (natural evolution and periodic thinning) in a beech coppice in conversion to high forest. Leaf area index, litter production, radiation transmittance and growth eficiency taken as relevant stand descriptors, were estimated using both direct and indirect optical methods. Overall, results indicated that beech coppice showed positive and prompt responses to active conversion practices based on periodic medium-heavy thinning. A growth eficiency index showed that tree growth increased as the cutting intensity increased. Results from the case study supported the effectiveness of active conversion management from an economic (timber harvesting) and ecological (higher growth eficiency) point of view. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2067/2784 | ISSN: | 2242-4075 (online) | DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14214/sf.1549 |
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