Abandoned forest ecosystem: Implications for Japan's Oak Wilt disease

Imamura, Kohei; Managi, Shunsuke; Saito, Shôichi; Nakashizuka, Tohru

doi:10.1016/j.jfe.2017.08.005

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“…Recent findings in ecological and forestry research have highlighted that coppice forests contribute to soil protection and biodiversity conservation [6,7], showing good resilience and significant adaptability to climate change [1,8].…”

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Soil Disturbance and Recovery after Coppicing a Mediterranean Oak Stand: The Effects of Silviculture and Technology

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et al. 2020

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Traditional coppice management system is one of the most debated topics in the Mediterranean area, as it is a forest management system that accounts for over 23 million hectares. Coppicing is considered the oldest form of sustainable forest management. Its past and current widespread popularity is mainly due to its capacity to positively contribute to the rural economy and ecosystem services. This research aimed at assessing the effect of coppicing on soil characteristics, understanding a possible treatment return time, and evaluating the implementation of proper sustainable forest operations (SFOs) in order to have a better understanding of the disturbance caused by silvicultural treatment and forest operations with two different harvesting techniques. The results demonstrated that physical, chemical, and biological soil features were partially disturbed by the coppicing. Both silvicultural treatment and forest operations influenced soil disturbance. The least impactful technique was extraction by winch, while forwarding resulted in heavier alterations of soil characteristics. It took about five years for the soil to recover its original pre-harvest conditions when the disturbance was caused by the silvicultural treatment alone (non-trafficked areas) and about eight to nine years when the disturbance was the cumulated effect of silvicultural treatment and logging activity (trafficked areas).

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confidence: 99%

Soil Disturbance and Recovery after Coppicing a Mediterranean Oak Stand: The Effects of Silviculture and Technology

Venanzi

Picchio

Spinelli³

et al. 2020

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“…Some recent findings in ecological and forestry research have underlined that coppice forests protect and stabilize critical slopes and positively contribute to biodiversity conservation (Matula et al, 2019;Müllerová et al, 2015;Vild et al, 2013). Moreover, these forest systems, with their inherent environmental and ecological characteristics, show enviable qualities of resilience, with significant adaptability to climate change (Imamura et al, 2017;Unrau et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%