A new method for the identification of old-growth trees in National Forest Inventories: Application to Pinus halepensis Mill. stands in Spain


Autoria(s): Alberdi Asensio, Iciar; Condes Ruiz, Sonia; Cañellas, Isabel; Hernández, Laura
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

Old-growth trees play a very important role in the maintenance of biodiversity in forests. However, no clear definition is yet available to help identify them since tree age is usually not recorded in National Forest Inventories. To develop and test a new method to identify old-growth trees using a species-specific threshold for tree diameter in National Forest Inventories. Different nonlinear mixed models for diameter ? age were generated using data from the Spanish Forest Inventory in order to identify the most appropriate one for Aleppo pine in its South-western distribution area. The asymptote of the optimal model indicates the threshold diameter for defining an old-growth tree. Additionally, five site index curves were examined to analyze the influence of site quality on these models.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://oa.upm.es/16886/

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

E.T.S.I. Montes (UPM)

Relação

http://oa.upm.es/16886/1/INVE_MEM_2013_138632.pdf

http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/943/art%253A10.1007%252Fs13595-012-0261-9.pdf?auth66=1394614736_9fe4e0d359709815915fcfe4f59abdd6&ext=.pdf

info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s13595-012-0261-9

Direitos

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Annals of Forest Science, ISSN 1286-4560, 2013, No. 70

Palavras-Chave #Silvicultura
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

Artículo

PeerReviewed