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Assessing the bibliometric productivity of forest scientists in Italy 评估意大利森林科学家的文献计量学生产力

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2016-07-19 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-1211

F. Giannetti, G. Chirici, E. Paoletti, M. Borghetti, P. Corona, G. Bucci

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引用次数: 2

Cultivation techniques in a 34 years old farming oak (Quercus robur L.) plantation in the Arno valley (Tuscany) 托斯卡纳阿尔诺河谷34年农业橡树种植园的栽培技术

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-1124

S. Ravagni, C. Bidini, E. Bianchetto, Angelo Vitone, F. Pelleri

{"title":"Cultivation techniques in a 34 years old farming oak (Quercus robur L.) plantation in the Arno valley (Tuscany)","authors":"S. Ravagni, C. Bidini, E. Bianchetto, Angelo Vitone, F. Pelleri","doi":"10.12899/ASR-1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12899/ASR-1124","url":null,"abstract":"This report aims to provide a description of the cultivation techniques adopted at the oldest oak pure plantation (age 34) established within the environmental restoration plan of soil dumps at the Santa Barbara ENEL Company opencast mine in Cavriglia (AR). The goals of the initial plan, following which the plantation was carried out, were to (i) verify the possibility of restoring the soil dump by using tree farming plantations and produce a range of valuable timber assortments; (ii) test the growth potential of the oak species in a pure plantation. The plantation, carried out with a stem density of 1,111 trees per hectare, was managed by targeted practices (pruning up to the stem height of 4-5 m and then undertaking four thinnings). A geometric-selective thinning was applied first and, later, periodical thinning from above was implemented, releasing, as a result, about 70 crop trees per hectare. In the meanwhile, it was possible to monitor the growth parameters concerning dbh, tree height and crown diameter. The stem quality and the presence of epicormic branches were evaluated in 2013 and the relationship between the presence of epicormic branches and tree characteristics were also analyzed. The wood production was compared with other European plantations, especially from France. Today, 34 years after the plantation got started, the site is an interesting case-study of tree farming as it plays a consistent role within the environmental restoration of the area. The applied management system allowed to reach a noticeable wood production level andalso valuable timber assortments for industrial use. Crop trees (70 per hectare) reached a mean dbh of 38.1 cm, the height of 22.3 m at the age of 34.","PeriodicalId":37733,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Silvicultural Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66120653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Genetic resources and forestry in the Mediterranean region in relation to global change 地中海区域遗传资源和林业与全球变化的关系

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-779

F. Ducci

引用次数: 6

Stand structure and climate influence on the growth trends of a marginal forest population of Pinus nigra spp. nigra 林分结构和气候对黑松边缘林种群生长趋势的影响

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-1066

M. Marchi, Cristiano Castaldi, P. Merlini, S. Nocentini, F. Ducci

{"title":"Stand structure and climate influence on the growth trends of a marginal forest population of Pinus nigra spp. nigra","authors":"M. Marchi, Cristiano Castaldi, P. Merlini, S. Nocentini, F. Ducci","doi":"10.12899/ASR-1066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12899/ASR-1066","url":null,"abstract":"The Black pine of Villetta Barrea (Pinus nigra ssp. nigra var italica) is a variety of the nigra subspecies. It is naturally distributed only in the Abruzzo Region, near the village of Villetta Barrea, with a rear-edge Marginal Population. A dendrochrono- logical sampling of the population was implemented with the aim of studying its stand structure and the most probable interactions between growth trends and climate. Mensurational data were used to characterize the stand and, furthermore, the general correlation function (CF) and the moving correlation function (MCF), with a 30 years window, were used to assess the interrelation between the growth of the tree rings and the climate.The results indicated that the past forest management, mainly carried out with thinnings from below and selective cuttings, influenced the current structure of the forest (mean diameter) but no differences in growth trends were detected within the population. The survey on Villetta Barrea Black pine showed a positive and statistically significant correla- tion between the ring-width and the average temperatures of the months of December (before the ring formation - t-1), February and March; but it also showed a negative correlation with the temperatures of July, September and October of the current year (t). Moreover, the analysis with moving correlation functions suggested that, in the last decades, the population has negatively reacted to very few climate factors and, in particular, to the changes in temperatures (both minimum and maximum temperatures). This is especially true for the shifts occurred in September, the year of the ring formation.","PeriodicalId":37733,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Silvicultural Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66120427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 9

Multi-species and multifunctional smallholder tree farming systems in Southeast Asia: timber, NTFPs, plus environmental benefits 东南亚的多物种和多功能小农树木种植系统:木材、非森林保护区和环境效益

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-1125

J. Roshetko, M. Bertomeu

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引用次数: 6

Climate change impact on a mixed lowland oak stand in Serbia 气候变化对塞尔维亚混合低地橡树林的影响

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-1126

D. Stojanović, T. Levanič, B. Matović, A. Bravo‐Oviedo

{"title":"Climate change impact on a mixed lowland oak stand in Serbia","authors":"D. Stojanović, T. Levanič, B. Matović, A. Bravo‐Oviedo","doi":"10.12899/ASR-1126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12899/ASR-1126","url":null,"abstract":"Climatic changes and bad environmental conditions may lead to forests vitality loss and even mortality. This is the reason why increased sanitary felling operations were performed in mixed oak forests in northern Serbia in 2013 in order to solve the severe dieback which affected some Pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur L.) and Turkey oak ( Quercus cerris L.) stands, after the very dry years 2011 and 2012. Dendrochronological techniques were applied to both these oak species collected in a stand, to examine the impact of temperature, precipitation and ground water level on forest growth and investigate the potential causes of the dieback. Differences in tree-ring patterns between surviving and dead trees were not significant according to t-value (from 5.68 to 14.20) and Gleichlaufigkeit coefficient (from 76% to 82%), this meaning no distinctive responses of the two ecologically different oak species. As for radial increment, pedunculate and Turkey oak trees showed a similar response to environmental variables in this mixed stand. The Simple Pearson’s correlation analysis, which was conducted, showed that among three basic environmental variables (the mean monthly air temperature, the monthly sum of precipitation and the mean monthly water level, proxy of ground water level), the water level of Danube river in May and the temperature in April were statistically related to the growth of the four tree groups: (i) pedunculate oak vital, (ii) pedunculate oak dead, (iii) Turkey oak vital and (iv) Turkey oak dead trees, for the period 1961-2010 (p<0.05, n=60). Similar phenomena had already been observed in the Sava River basin for the growth of pure pedunculate oak forests. The long-term decline of the Danube River water level may be related to climate variations and to the changes of water management, river bed, as well as land-use. Together with the increase of temperature, this decline of the water level, and its potential unavailability in the soil, represents a serious challenge for the mixed oak forests silviculture in the Danube basin.","PeriodicalId":37733,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Silvicultural Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66121109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 14

Exploratory analysis of atmospheric pollution in a coastal forest ecosystem in central Italy 意大利中部沿海森林生态系统大气污染的探索性分析

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-02-26 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-984

R. Aromolo, V. Moretti, L. Salvati

{"title":"Exploratory analysis of atmospheric pollution in a coastal forest ecosystem in central Italy","authors":"R. Aromolo, V. Moretti, L. Salvati","doi":"10.12899/ASR-984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12899/ASR-984","url":null,"abstract":"Exploratory analysis of atmospheric pollution in a coastal forest ecosystem in central Italy - The study of spatial and temporal distribution of heavy metals in the atmosphere through the continuous assessment of deposition is of great interest for the analysis of anthropogenic pressure on the environment and the potential toxicity to humans and other living organisms. Information based on reliable estimates of heavy metals is therefore crucial for the evaluation of environmental quality. Trends in heavy metal concentration in atmospheric depositions on a coastal forest ecosystem (Castelporziano, Rome) are analyzed in the present study based on a three-year monitoring field survey over three sites representative of different woodland characteristics in the area. Our results highlight both the influence of transportation processes in the short and medium distance based on the human pressure reflecting urban expansion and infrastructure development on the fringe of Castelporziano pristine forest. Further studies investigating the latent correlation with meteorological variables at various temporal scales are needed to provide a comprehensive picture of environmental conditions in a forest ecosystem subjected to increasing human pressure. Analysis of runoff water quality and the determination of other heavy metals, such as arsenic, may identify additional sources of pollution impacting soil and forest ecosystem.","PeriodicalId":37733,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Silvicultural Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66124376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Structural attributes of stand overstory and light under the canopy 林分上层和林冠下光照的结构属性

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-02-26 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-993

A. Angelini, P. Corona, F. Chianucci, L. Portoghesi

引用次数: 31

Integrated forest management to prevent wildfires under mediterranean environments 综合森林管理以防止地中海环境下的野火

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-02-26 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-946

P. Corona, D. Ascoli, A. Barbati, G. Bovio, G. Colangelo, Mario Elia, V. Garfì, F. Iovino, R. Lafortezza, V. Leone, R. Lovreglio, M. Marchetti, E. Marchi, G. Menguzzato, S. Nocentini, R. Picchio, L. Portoghesi, N. Puletti, G. Sanesi, F. Chianucci

引用次数: 92

Post-release habitats’ selection of Capreolus capreolus italicus (Festa, 1925) in a protected area in southern Italy 意大利南部某保护区内意大利卡波洛斯(Capreolus Capreolus italicus, Festa, 1925)释放后栖息地的选择

Annals of Silvicultural Research Pub Date : 2015-01-20 DOI: 10.12899/ASR-752

G. Argenti, A. Ciulla, S. Nicoloso, A. Brugnoli, N. Staglianò

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引用次数: 0