Conversion of clearcut beech coppices into high forests with continuous cover: A case study in central Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Ciancio, Orazio ^a   Corona, Piermaria ^b   Lamonaca, Andrea ^b   Portoghesi, Luigi ^b   Travaglini, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous cover forestry; Conversion to high forest; Coppice; Fagus sylvatica; Relative spacing; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; SOILS; WOOD;

CONTINUOUS COVER FORESTRY; CONVERSION TO HIGH FOREST; FAGUS SYLVATICA; RELATIVE SPACING;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL TESTS; COPPICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SOIL; THINNING; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33644882210     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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