| Title: | Early responses of biodiversity indicators to various thinning treatments in mountain beech forests |
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| Authors: | ID Lombardi, Fabio (Author)
ID Di Lella, Stefania (Author)
ID Altieri, Valeria (Author)
ID Di Benedetto, Simone (Author)
ID Giancola, Carmen (Author)
ID Lasserre, Bruno (Author)
ID Kutnar, Lado, 1-006 (Author)
ID Tognetti, Roberto (Author)
ID Marchetti, Marco (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
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| Abstract: | In recent decades, the conservation of biodiversity has become one of the main areas under consideration in managing forests in an ecologically sustainable way. Forest management practices are primary drivers of diversity and may enhance or decrease forest biodiversity, according to the measures applied (thinning options). We have focused on three beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests across a latitudinal gradient in Italy, characterised by different structures resulting from dissimilar management. We tested the short-term effects of differently-based silvicultural intervention vs. stands where no silvicultural practices were applied on biodiversity indicators and related proxies: deadwood amounts, microhabitat density, floristic richness and life form abundance. In each study area, the occurrence of the above indicators and proxies was evaluated before and after the implementation of crop tree thinning (CTT) and thinning from below (LT) methods, comparing them with control areas where no interventions were performed. After two years, the management options resulted in different responses of the investigated parameters. The CTT increased deadwood amounts in comparison with the LT ones, while stumps increased significantly after the LT thinning. Microhabitats increased significantly where intervention was not undertaken. On the contrary, they remained unaltered after the LT treatments. CTT thinning created favourable conditions for the development of microhabitats and their proliferation in the long term. Two years after the application of the CTT thinning treatment, all forest stands demonstrated a significant increase in their floristic richness and herb layer cover. Significant differences were also found in both the frequency and cover of life forms in relation to silvicultural treatment. These findings provide a better understanding of short-term effects of silvicultural treatment useful for maintaining biodiversity in mountain beech forests. |
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| Keywords: | deadwood, microhabitats, understory vegetation, mountain forests, sustainable forest management, Italian forests |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Number of pages: | str. 609-618 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 11 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-9205  |
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| UDC: | 630*61(450)(045)=111 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1971-7458 |
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| DOI: | 10.3832/ifor2733-011 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 5213606 |
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| Note: | Nasl. iz nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 2. 10. 2018; |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 04.10.2018 |
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