Riscul la incendii în pădurile din România: cartare și metode de evaluare

Barbu, Ion

doi:10.4316/bf.2018.015

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“…and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) which are mainly represented by plantations in Romania ( Bouriaud & Popa, 2009). In line with global climate trends, drought is considered an important threat for the Romanian forests (Lindner et al, 2010), high drought-related tree decline and mortality events being already observed (Barbu & Popa, 2001;Sidor et al, 2019;Curiel Yuste et al, 2019).…”

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Legacies of past forest management determine current responses to severe drought events of conifer species in the Romanian Carpathians

Hereş

Petriţan

Bigler

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Legacies of past forest management determine current responses to severe drought events of conifer species in the Romanian Carpathians

Hereş

Petriţan

Bigler

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Levanič et al (2013) concluded that the number of extreme events was variable over time, and although the frequency occurrence of these events in the 20 th century was similar to the 18 th century, a considerable increase has been observed recently. Climate prediction models indicate that the southern and eastern parts of Romania are the most vulnerable regions to drought (Barbu & Popa, 2004apud Cleary et al, 2019.…”

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Last millennium climate variability in the Romanian Carpathians: a synthesis

Nogueira,

Rydval,

Begović

2023

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The Carpathian Mountains span Central and Eastern Europe and provide vital ecosystem functions and services. For this reason, the conservation status of the Carpathians is critical due to environmental pressures such as deforestation and the impacts of climate change, which has significantly affected the region's ecosystem dynamics and communities through increased frequency of floods and landslides as well as changes in species distribution. Paleoclimatic proxy archives are essential to identifying climate trends. This paper aims to synthesize the climatic changes observed in the Romanian Carpathians in the last millennium, having paleoclimatic records as a base. During the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) period in the Romanian Carpathians, wetter conditions prevailed mainly during the first part of this period, followed by a drying trend until the end of the MCA, while slightly warmer conditions were observed throughout the entire period. The timings were somewhat different between the northern and southern regions of the Romanian Carpathians. Another important climatic period, the Little Ice Age (LIA), was characterized by highly variable climatic conditions linked to forcings such as volcanic eruptions and solar activity. LIA was generally dry with intermittent episodes of heavy rains. Winter temperatures dropped between AD 1500 and 1750, while currently available proxy records suggest that summer temperatures were slightly above average. The LIA reached its coldest point in the early 19th century. Since then, Romania has been experiencing warmer conditions, during the so-called Current Warm Period (CWP), with temperatures increasing significantly after 1970, leading to negative impacts on agriculture and hydrology. While positive precipitation anomalies were recorded in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a decline in precipitation has been widely observed since 1970, with an increased occurrence of extreme climatic events. The current warm period in Romania is part of a larger trend of global warming attributed to human activities, such as fossil fuel combustion, leading to environmental and socioeconomic impacts. These paleoclimatic observations provide context for current climatic trends and emphasize the need for joint efforts by governments, NGOs, and local communities to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies in order to reduce the potential negative impacts of climate change on Romania's environment and population.

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Impact of Forest Fires on the Trees and Wood Quality—A Case Study for a Beech Stand

Mușat

2024

Fire

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Wood quality has been an ongoing concern for science, having become increasingly important in the current context, in which the demand for wood is increasing and forest fires are more frequent and violent. This study aims to evaluate the quality of wood in trees affected by fires and the negative impact of these phenomena on the speed of wood degradation, as a result of weakening the trees due to the action of stress factors. The study was carried out using modern techniques on beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) remaining in an area affected by a litter fire in 2017. Measurements were taken with the Arbotom Rinntech sound tomograph, the IML Resi F-500S resist graph, and the Pressler core sampler to observe the quality of the wood inside the trees. It was found that all the trees were in various stages of decay, the tomograms being able to characterize the severity of decay only in the case of fully decayed wood as a result of the action of xylophages fungi, whose harmful influence is more pronounced when the injuries sustained by the trees are higher. Although the trees attempted to close the fire wounds through their own defense mechanisms, the destructive action of the fungi intensified with time. After the forest fires, for an effective assessment of the wood’s internal quality, the resist graph can be used. For valuable trees, one could use the tomograph, but the measurements have to be taken only by qualified operators.

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Riscul la incendii în pădurile din România: cartare și metode de evaluare

Cited by 3 publications

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Legacies of past forest management determine current responses to severe drought events of conifer species in the Romanian Carpathians

Legacies of past forest management determine current responses to severe drought events of conifer species in the Romanian Carpathians

Last millennium climate variability in the Romanian Carpathians: a synthesis

Impact of Forest Fires on the Trees and Wood Quality—A Case Study for a Beech Stand

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