Sweet chestnut: silviculture, timber quality and yield in the Forest of Dean

Everard, J.M.D.T.; Christie, John M.

doi:10.1093/forestry/68.2.133

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“…The estimated growth in Asturias, especially for the better quality sites, is higher than that reported for other countries: 11 m 3 ha -1 year -1 at 40 years in the Dean Forest in the south of England for the best qualities (Everard and Christie 1995), 10 m 3 ha -1 year -1 at 30 years in Italy (Elorrieta 1949) and 16 m 3 ha -1 year -1 at 30 years in France (Bourgeois et al 2004).…”

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Management tools for Castanea sativa coppice stands in northwestern Spain

et al. 2016

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SUMMARYThe importance of chestnut coppice stands in northwestern Spain, together with the almost total lack of growth and yield studies, makes the development of applicable tools to facilitate forest management necessary. In the present study two management tools were developed: variable-density yield tables and stand density management diagrams (SDMDs). For constructing the yield tables, a dominant height growth model and a stand density model were fitted. The dominant height growth model was necessary for estimating site index, i.e., for indirectly assessment of site quality. A stand density model was necessary because the silvicultural stages of the stands were very heterogeneous. Both yield tables and SDMDs require fitting models for predicting quadratic mean diameter and growing stock (total or merchantable stand volume and/or total or component stand biomass). Eight yield tables were constructed considering two stand density levels (high and low) and four site indices (8, 12, 16 and 20 m). Rotation lengths producing maximum sustainable yield ranged between 25 and 45 years depending on stand density class and site index. Average growth at these rotation lengths varied from 38.1 m 3 ha -1 year -1 for the highest density and best quality, to 5.2 m 3 ha -1 year -1 for the lowest density and poorest quality. Both the yield tables and the SDMDs developed allow estimation of total and merchantable stand volume, total and component stand biomass and also facilitate the design of silvicultural schedules.

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Management tools for Castanea sativa coppice stands in northwestern Spain

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“…This can be compared with the average value of 5 m top height at 10 years recorded in the classic Spanish yield tables (Ximénez de Embún 1963), and with the mean value of 8.3 m for sites in the Forest of Dean, in southern England, although the growth pattern appears to be more sustained with age in this case (Everard and Christie 1995). The slight decrease in height growth indicated by the Galician curves requires further confirmation, but is consistent with the changes in top height in mixed Douglas fir/chestnut plantations in northern Portugal (Sales and Monteiro 1998).…”

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Relating growth and nutrition to site factors in young chestnut plantations established on agricultural and forest land in northern Spain

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The growth and nutritional status of 97 hybrid chestnut plantations on former agricultural land and forest land were studied in relation to site conditions (climatic variables and soil properties). A single family of curves was obtained for classifying the early height growth of hybrid and sweet chestnut. Soil limitations and nutrient deficiencies were evident in the former forest land, whereas the agricultural soils were found to be generally suitable for growing chestnut. The stands with highest growth rates were characterized by high foliar concentrations of K, P and Ca. Successful growth of the plantations was always related to high summer precipitation, low elevation and absence of long periods of risk of frost. The results confirm the adaptability of chestnut to most sites where it has been planted for timber production.

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“…In this sense, forests of sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Miller), a typical multipurpose tree (Boggia, 1988), have been intensively managed both for production (timber and edible nuts) and for encouraging natural regeneration of mixed broad-leaved species (Cucchi, 1990;Everard and Christie, 1995).…”

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