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1. Aesthetic preferences for deadwood in forest landscape: A case study in Italy

Author:
Alessandro Paletto; Claudia Becagli; Isabella De Meo
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.311 pp. 114829
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
Castanea; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; Picea abies; Pinus nigra; aesthetic value; aesthetics; case studies; coppicing; dead wood; educational status; elderly; environmental management; females; forests; landscapes; males; people; questionnaires; shrublands; Italy
Abstract:
... In the last decades, the structural and functional role of standing dead trees and lying deadwood in forests has been widely recognized by scientific community and forest managers. However, a large amount of deadwood in forests can have negative impacts on recreational forests by reducing the aesthetic value and site attractiveness. The aims of the present study are to investigate whether deadwood ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114829

2. Growth, forest floor, and soil chemical analysis comparison between two management practices in chestnut forests of Greece

Author:
Evgenia A. Papaioannou; Stefanos Stefanou; Stergios F. Gakis; Efthimios N. Netsikas; Avraam Mavridis
Source:
Journal of sustainable forestry 2019 v.38 no.6 pp. 526-541
ISSN:
1540-756X
Subject:
Castanea; bulk density; calcium; chemical analysis; clearcutting; copper; coppicing; forest litter; forests; gneiss; iron; manganese; mountains; nutrients; organic matter; plant residues; sodium; soil fertility; texture; zinc; Greece
Abstract:
... The effects of management mode and intensity both on growth parameters (diameter and height of sprouts) and soil fertility were studied in experimental plots in coppice chestnut forests of Athos and Pelion mountains – Greece. The empirical management practice applied in Athos is intensive with a rotation period every 20–22 years, including removal of timber products during selective loggings and f ...
DOI:
10.1080/10549811.2019.1598438

3. Assessing seed regeneration in chestnut coppices: a methodological approach

Author:
Maria Chiara Manetti; Claudia Becagli; Francesco Pelleri; Gianni Boris Pezzatti; Mario Pividori; Marco Conedera; Enrico Marcolin
Source:
Annals of Silvicultural Research 2018 v.42 no.2 pp. 85-94
ISSN:
2284-354X
Subject:
Castanea; canopy; coppicing; forest management; forests; germplasm regeneration; mortality; natural regeneration; research; site index; stand structure; surveys
Abstract:
... Over the last decades, the abandonment of the traditional management due to many adverse factors caused a general aging of chestnut coppices; this led to an increased mortality of the chestnut stools and a consequent replacement with the entry of other species. Preservation and improvement of the chestnut coppice emphasize the importance of natural regeneration for future forest management: seed r ...
DOI:
10.12899/asr-1670

4. Effect of ring shakes on mechanical properties of chestnut wood from a Greek coppice forest

Author:
Konstantinos Kakavas; Marina Chavenetidou; Dimitris Birbilis
Source:
Forestry chronicle 2018 v.94 no.1 pp. 61-67
ISSN:
0015-7546
Subject:
Castanea; coppicing; forests; hardness; juvenile wood; modulus of elasticity; modulus of rupture; wood
Abstract:
... Measurements of several mechanical and physical properties were carried out to detect possible variations between ring shaken and non-ring shaken logs or between different areas of wood from the same log (i.e., ring shaken log). Mature wood from the ring shake area had lower axial compression and hardness strength compared to mature wood away from ring shakes. Wood from ring shakes area had lower ...
DOI:
10.5558/tfc2018-008

5. Effects of environmental parameters on the chestnut gall wasp and its complex of indigenous parasitoids

Author:
Carmelo Peter Bonsignore; Umberto Bernardo
Source:
Naturwissenschaften 2018 v.105 no.3-4 pp. 20
ISSN:
0028-1042
Subject:
Castanea; Dryocosmus kuriphilus; coppicing; decay fungi; environmental factors; galls; models; mortality; orchards; parasitism; parasitoids; population density; species diversity; spring; summer; temperature; China; Italy
Abstract:
... The chestnut gall wasp (CGW), Dryocosmus kuriphilus, an invasive pest native to China, has caused severe yield and economic losses to chestnut production in Europe since its arrival in 2002. In Southern Italy, the complex of indigenous parasitoids colonizing CGW was monitored between 2013 and 2015, with the aim of estimating the composition of the indigenous parasitoid complex, its ability to cont ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00114-018-1545-1

6. Evaluation of Tree Species for Biomass Energy Production in Northwest Spain

Author:
Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez; Consuelo Pizarro; Marcos Barrio-Anta; Asunción Cámara-Obregón; Julio Luis María Bueno; Ana Álvarez; Inés Gutiérrez; David F. R. P. Burslem
Source:
Forests 2018 v.9 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
Castanea; Pinus pinaster; Populus; aboveground biomass; ash content; bark; bioenergy; carbon; combustion; coppicing; crops; emissions; energy; forest stands; forests; fuels; trees; wood; Spain
Abstract:
... Three types of forest stands (chestnut coppice, maritime pine stands, and poplar and willow short-rotation woody crops (SRWC)) were evaluated to determine their potential for energy production. The properties of the main aboveground biomass fractions (wood, bark and crown) and also the whole tree were analysed, thus providing data that could be used for management purposes and for evaluating poten ...
DOI:
10.3390/f9040160

7. How different management regimes of chestnut forests affect diversity and abundance of moth communities?

Author:
Silvia Greco; Marco Infusino; Annamaria Ienco; Stefano Scalercio
Source:
Annals of Silvicultural Research 2018 v.42 no.2 pp. 59-67
ISSN:
2284-354X
Subject:
Castanea; Lepidoptera; altitude; biodiversity; catenas; coppicing; data collection; environmental sustainability; forests; habitats; humans; landscapes; moths; orchards; research; Italy
Abstract:
... Chestnut forests were exploited from centuries for several uses and are still nowadays managed under coppice and orchard regimes. The different management practices created a typical mosaic-like structure in landscapes in which alternate different kind of habitat represented by young and mature coppices, old thinned coppices with the physiognomy of high forest, and managed or abandoned orchards. T ...
DOI:
10.12899/asr-1503

8. Impact of different chestnut coppice managements on root reinforcement and shallow landslide susceptibility

Author:
Emanuele (Plinio Rinaldo) Dazio; Marco Conedera; Massimiliano Schwarz
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.417 pp. 63-76
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Castanea; coppicing; forest stands; landslides; regrowth; root systems; roots; soil; trees; Alps region; Switzerland
Abstract:
... The abandonment of chestnut coppice management since the end of WWII has caused a general overaging of coppice stands leading to their inability to meet stand and soil stability standards. In view of the important role played by roots against the triggering of shallow landslides, we investigated root systems and their contribution to slope stability in chestnut coppices. In particular, we looked a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.02.031

9. Ring shake occurrence related to growth parameters and prediction model for its presence before felling

Author:
Dimitris Birbilis; Konstantinos Kakavas; Marina Chavenetidou
Source:
European journal of wood and wood products 2018 v.76 no.4 pp. 1353-1358
ISSN:
0018-3768
Subject:
Castanea; adults; burl wood; coppicing; earlywood; felling; forests; juvenile wood; latewood; microscopy; orchards; pith; regression analysis; statistical models; trees; wood; xylem vessels
Abstract:
... This work includes observations on chestnut logs at woodcutting areas, measurements of some growth characteristics and observations under microscope of chestnut wood cross sections with ring shakes. Some types of ring shakes were developed in logs with abnormalities, such as forking, double-pith, burls, pith eccentricity and elongated cross sections. The ring shake defect mainly occurred on logs f ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00107-017-1258-8

10. Impact of RAV1-engineering on poplar biomass production: a short-rotation coppice field trial

Author:
Alicia Moreno-Cortés; José Manuel Ramos-Sánchez; Tamara Hernández-Verdeja; Pablo González-Melendi; Ana Alves; Rita Simões; José Carlos Rodrigues; Mercedes Guijarro; Isabel Canellas; Hortensia Sixto; Isabel Allona
Source:
Biotechnology for biofuels 2017 v.10 no.1 pp. 110
ISSN:
1754-6834
Subject:
Castanea; bioenergy; biomass production; branches; combustion; coppicing; correlation; elite trees; feedstocks; field experimentation; gene overexpression; genes; genetic engineering; growth chambers; hybrids; lignocellulose; plantations; wood properties; wood quality
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Early branching or syllepsis has been positively correlated with high biomass yields in short-rotation coppice (SRC) poplar plantations, which could represent an important lignocellulosic feedstock for the production of second-generation bioenergy. In prior work, we generated hybrid poplars overexpressing the chestnut gene RELATED TO ABI3/VP1 1 (CsRAV1), which featured c. 80% more syll ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13068-017-0795-z
PubMed:
28469706
PubMed Central:
PMC5414296

11. Carbon sequestration for different management alternatives in sweet chestnut coppice in northern Spain

Author:
Marta Prada; Felipe Bravo; Lorena Berdasco; Elena Canga; Celia Martínez-Alonso
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2016 v.135 pp. 1161-1169
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Castanea; belowground biomass; carbon; carbon sequestration; cement; climate change; coppicing; ecosystem services; forest management; forests; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; longevity; lumber; managers; meteorological data; models; planning; sawmills; soil; supply chain; wood; Spain
Abstract:
... This paper provides an innovative approach to assessing carbon sequestration in sweet chestnut coppice taking into account the importance of carbon fluxes in the whole forest-industry value chain in the mitigation of climate change. The goals of this study were: to evaluate the baseline carbon capture of sweet chestnut forest in the north of Spain; to assess the effect of thinning and extending th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.041

12. The impact of the socioeconomic environment on the implementation of control measures against an invasive forest pathogen

Author:
J. Oliva; C. Castaño; E. Baulenas; G. Domínguez; J.R. González-Olabarria; D. Oliach
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2016 v.380 pp. 118-127
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Castanea; Cryphonectria parasitica; biological control; breeding; chestnuts; conifers; coppicing; forests; fungicides; hosts; introduced species; managers; markets; mathematical theory; pathogens; planting; stems; trees
Abstract:
... Whenever a new invasive forest pathogen appears, resources are put into developing countermeasures such as breeding for resistance in the affected host species and/or by developing fungicide/biocontrol treatments. In most cases, little effort is placed into analysing the likelihood of those measures being implemented. Studying the reasoning behind management reactions of forest managers whose fore ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.034

13. Establishment and dissemination of hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica in Greece

Author:
S. Diamandis; C. Perlerou; G.T. Tziros; V. Christopoulos; E. Topalidou; S. Woodward
Source:
Forest pathology 2015 v.45 no.5 pp. 408-414
ISSN:
1437-4781
Subject:
Castanea; Cryphonectria parasitica; biological control; coppicing; forests; fungi; human resources; inoculum; orchards; strains; trees; virulence; viruses; Greece
Abstract:
... Chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica has been one of the major reasons for the decline of chestnut cultivation in Greece over the last 50 years. A previous detailed study of the vc types of the fungus has revealed only four vc types in the entire country, those of EU‐1, EU‐2 and EU‐10 with the dominant being EU‐12 counting for 88% of the isolates. As the loss in orchard trees reached ...
DOI:
10.1111/efp.12188

14. Application of biological control of chestnut blight on a nationwide scale in Greece: results and prospects

Author:
S. Diamandis; C. Perlerou; Z. Nakopoulou; V. Christopoulos; E. Topalidou; G. Tziros
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1043 pp. 23-34
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Castanea; Cryphonectria parasitica; biological control; coppicing; forests; fungi; horticulture; human resources; inoculum; orchards; silvicultural practices; tree age; viruses; Greece
Abstract:
... Since 1963 when chestnut blight was recorded for the first time in Greece, the disease has spread into all 29 chestnut growing prefectures. As a result the national, annual chestnut production was reduced from 18,000 tons in the 1960s to 11,000 tons in 2005. A project for the application of biological control on a nationwide scale was funded and implemented during the period 2007-2009. Hypovirulen ...

15. Growth dynamics and leaf area index in chestnut coppices subjected to a new Silvicultural approach: single-tree-oriented management

Author:
M. C. Manetti; F. Pelleri; C. Becagli; M. Conedera; P. Schleppi; A. Zingg
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1043 pp. 121-128
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
harvesting; thinning (plants); canopy; evolution; coppicing; Cynipidae; industry; leaf area index; trees; Cervus elaphus; timber production; Castanea; growth performance; tree damage; Italy; Switzerland
Abstract:
... In this contribution we present the results of a Swiss-Italian joint sylvicultural experiment to verify if and how the single-tree-oriented silviculture can be applied to chestnut coppices to enhance timber production for industry and structural timber. The study was carried out in five 7 to 17 years old, pure chestnut coppice stands growing on sites of medium to good fertility in central Italy an ...

16. Empirical modelling of chestnut coppice yield for Cimini and Vicani mountains (Central Italy)

Author:
Alice Angelini; Walter Mattioli; Paolo Merlini; Piermaria Corona; Luigi Portoghesi
Source:
Annals of Silvicultural Research 2013 v.37 no.1 pp. 7-12
ISSN:
2284-354X
Subject:
Castanea; coppicing; models; research; site index; wood; wood quality; Italy
Abstract:
...

The prescription of stand rotation according to site conditions and economic targets requires yield information that expresses stand productivity under different site-classes. This is particularly relevant for the optimal management of chestnut coppices allowing the production of timber assortments sized differently. This paper reports a new yield model built for chestnut coppices of the Cimini ...

DOI:
10.12899/asr-749

17. Indici strutturali e di competizione per la caratterizzazione di popolamenti cedui di castagno

Author:
Claudia Becagli; Emilio Amorini; Alessandro Fois; Maria Chiara Manetti
Source:
Annals of Silvicultural Research 2009 v.35 no.0 pp. 15-24
ISSN:
2284-354X
Subject:
Castanea; coppicing; research; stand structure; trees
Abstract:
...

Structural and competition indexes to characterise chestnut coppice stands. Structure, tree density and variation of tree specific composition are parameters useful to describe both natural dynamics and competition processes. In the field forestry, synthetic indices descriptive of both specific - structural diversity and competit ...

DOI:
10.12899/asr-868

18. Silviculture of hardwoods in Great Britain

Author:
Evans, J.
Source:
Forestry 1997 v.70 no.4 pp. 309-314
ISSN:
0015-752X
Subject:
Alnus; Castanea; natural regeneration; Quercus; coppicing; Fraxinus excelsior; Populus; shrublands; forest trees; Ulmus; stem form; stand density; Betula pendula; predation; Fagus sylvatica; Platanus; hardwood; mixed forests; herbicides; Great Britain
Abstract:
... Many changes have occurred over the last 70 years: broadleaves no longer exceed conifers in area and coppice has declined markedly. While we see many neglected woods, especially on farms, the depressingly poor quality of much oak which Guillebaud laments is not now viewed so seriously. Today, broadleaves are grown for a wider variety of objectives and not just for fine timber. While excellent stem ...
DOI:
10.1093/forestry/70.4.309