Implementation of Close-to-Nature Silviculture in Greek Oak Forests.

Autor: Grigoriadis, Nikolaos, Spyroglou, Gavriil, Chasilidis, Paul, Papadopoulos, Iakovos, Sextou, Persefoni, Grigoriadis, Savvas, Spanos, Ioannis
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Zdroj: Journal of Regional & Socio-Economic Issues; 2018 Special Issue, Vol. 8, p65-73, 9p
Abstrakt: Oak forests comprise the most extensive forest ecosystem and are of significant ecological and socio-economic parameter over time. The Greek state set the strategic goal of the conversion of coppice oak forests into high forests since the early thirties. Technological advances, scientific knowledge and accumulated experience in forest management have led to a revision of the interventions applied in the coppice conversion system. In the present article, the first results of the application of the close-to-nature forestry and the principles of the Prosilva Europe on the oak coppice forests under conversion in Northern Greece are presented. It is proposed a more detailed forest division from the one that is currently being used and at the same time it adapts and implements the concepts of close-to-nature forestry in two demonstration plots of oak forest under conversion. Finally, silvicultural and management prescriptions that lead to oak forests with better ecological characteristics are recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index