Deadwood in forest stands close to old-growthness under mediterranean conditions in the italian peninsula
Fabio Lombardi,Gherardo Chirici,Marco Marchetti,Roberto Tognetti,Bruno Lasserre,Piermaria Corona,Anna Barbati,Barbara Ferrari,Silvia Di Paolo,Diego Giuliarelli,Franco Mason,Francesco Iovino,Antonino Nicolaci,Livio Bianchi,Alberto Maltoni,Davide Travaglini +15 more
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In this article, deadwood occurrence as indicator of naturalness is investigated in some remote forest areas that have developed in absence of anthropogenic disturbance over the past few decades, in order to identify the distinctive traits of oldgrowth forests in the Mediterranean ecoregion.Abstract:
Considering that indicators of old-growth features can vary across the European ecoregions, this paper provides some results to identify the distinctive traits of old-growth forests in the Mediterranean ecoregion. Deadwood occurrence as indicator of naturalness is investigated in some remote forest areas that have developed in absence of anthropogenic disturbance over the past few decades. Eleven study sites across the Italian peninsula were selected and records of deadwood were carried out in 1-ha size plots. Deadwood volume, deadwood types and decay stages were inventoried in the selected sites. The amounts of deadwood indicate a large variability among the investigated forest stands: the total volume ranged between 2 and 143 m 3 ha -1 , with an average of 60 m 3 ha -1 . Lying deadwood is the most abundant component of deadwood in the investigated forests, due to the natural mortality occurring in the stands in relation to the processes established in the last decades. On the contrary, stumps are the less represented type of deadwood in almost all the study areas. All the decay classes are present in each study site. The amount of deadwood in Southern Europe, even if lower than that reported for North and Central European countries, could have a different meaning due to the faster decay occurring in Mediterranean forest ecosystems. For this reason, old-growth features and the characteristics of each indicator should be framed and referred to well-defined climatic andread more
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