Coppice forests, or the changeable aspect of things, a review

G. Fabbio
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Coppiced forests were the main source of firewood, brushwood, and charcoal for rural and urban settlements’ basic needs such as cooking food and domestic heating for thousands of years and up to the mid-20 th century in many European countries and, specifically, in Mediterranean countries. The global diffusion of fossil fuels reduced this leadership and the coppice system turned, to some extent, to a reminder of the past. Nowadays, the ongoing global changes and the related green-economy issues call for resilient systems and effective bio-energy producers. These issues have caused a second turning point and the coppice has returned fifty years later to play a role. A review of the silvicultural system has been carried out with a special focus on the changes which have occurred in between, taking Italy as a consistent case-study. The analysis is mainly framed upon the long-term research trials established by the CREA-Forestry Research Centre in the late sixties, to find out adaptive management strategies and overcome the system’s crisis. The findings and further knowledge achieved so far on the dynamics and functioning of coppice forests in the outgrown phase, both as natural evolutive patterns and silviculture-driven processes, are highlighted in this paper. They provide useful tools to handle the management shift regarding forthcoming issues, i.e. the current role attributable to the coppice system within the changing environment and the renewable energy demand. The basic features of each management area and their complementarities within the current framework are outlined.
灌木林,还是事物多变的一面,回顾一下
几千年来,一直到20世纪中叶,在许多欧洲国家,特别是在地中海国家,被覆盖的森林是农村和城市住区的基本需要,如烹饪食物和家庭取暖的柴火、灌木和木炭的主要来源。化石燃料的全球扩散削弱了这种领导地位,森林系统在某种程度上变成了对过去的提醒。如今,持续的全球变化和相关的绿色经济问题需要有弹性的系统和有效的生物能源生产商。这些问题引起了第二次转折点,五十年后,coppice又回来发挥作用。对造林系统进行了审查,特别注重其间发生的变化,并将意大利作为一贯的个案研究。本文的分析主要是基于中国林业研究中心在60年代末建立的长期研究试验,以寻找适应性管理策略并克服系统危机。本文重点介绍了迄今为止关于灌木林在生长阶段的动态和功能的发现和进一步的知识,包括自然进化模式和森林栽培驱动的过程。它们提供了有用的工具来处理关于即将到来的问题的管理转变,即在不断变化的环境和可再生能源需求中,森林系统的当前作用。概述了每个管理领域的基本特征及其在当前框架内的互补性。
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Annals of Silvicultural Research
Annals of Silvicultural Research Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Forestry
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