Variability of radial growth in cork oak adult trees under cork production

Costa, Alexandre; Pereira, Helena; Oliveira, Anjolina Grisi de

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(02)00145-7

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“…Seguendo la metodologia di campionamento delle piante e del sughero in pianta adottata da Caritat et al (1996), Ferreira et al (2000) e da Costa et al (2001Costa et al ( , 2003 all'interno di ciascuna area di saggio sono state campionate casualmente 35-55 piante, avendo cura di scegliere solo piante in buone condizioni fitosani tarie, con fusto diritto e chioma non danneggiata. Da ogni pianta campione è stata prelevata, in maniera sistematica e nell'arco di pochi giorni, una plancia di sughero delle dimensioni di 35x35 cm, ad una altez za di 1.30 m da terra ed esposta secondo la direzione nord.…”

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“…(Fritts 1976, Martínez 2000. La serie standardizza ta dell'indice di crescita è stata assunta essere costan te rispetto alla media e alla varianza (Caritat et al 1996, Caritat et al 2000, Costa et al 2001, Costa et al 2003, consentendo così un confronto fra individui con tassi di crescita decrescenti all'aumentare dell'e tà e/o influenzati da eventuali variabili non conside rate in fase di campionamento (Fritts 1976).…”

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Climate effects on cork growth in Cork oak plantations in Sicily (Italy)

Pizzurro¹,

Maetzke²

2009

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IntroduzioneNumerose ricerche condotte da diversi autori (Fahn 1962, Liphschitz & Lev-Uadum 1986 hanno fatto chiarezza sull'origine geografica e sul grado di adattamento ad ambienti a clima mediterraneo e temperato di molte specie forestali che producono anelli annuali di accrescimento legnoso, deducendo che l'attività cambiale può essere messa in relazione ai fattori climatici. Secondo Ephrat 1971 l'attività cambiale sarebbe fortemente controllata dalle tempe rature invernali e dalla siccità estiva. Fra le specie adatte al clima mediterraneo la quercia da sughero (Quercus suber L.), ben nota per la produzione di su ghero formato in seguito all'attività del fellogeno o cambio subero-fellodermico, varia la sua attività cambiale in relazione ai parametri climatici (Fahn 1962, Liphschitz & Lev-Uadum 1986. Così come l'at tività cambiale di molte specie forestali, anche quella del fellogeno può essere messa in relazione ai fattori climatici e può essere studiata attraverso l'analisi de gli anelli di accrescimento annuali del sughero che, risultando leggibili, sono considerati sorgente di in formazione sui cambiamenti ambientali (Fritts 1976, Cook & Kairiukstis 1990. Fos & Barreno (1994) ri portano per alcune sugherete spagnole che le diffe renze nello spessore degli anelli di accrescimento del sughero potrebbero essere legate all'esistenza di un periodo estivo secco. Secondo Caritat et al. (1996) le precipitazioni comprese tra novembre dell'anno pre cedente e giugno e/o settembre dell'anno successivo Abstract: Climate effects on cork growth in Cork oak plantations in Sicily (Italy).Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) is usually dominant in silvopastoral systems in many areas of Sicily, where the trees are debarked periodically for cork production. In spite of the importance of cork and cork oak stands in Sicilian forests and the poten tial economic scenarios, few research works have been carried out on these systems. Given the importance of cork thickness in cork quality evaluation, the main objective of this work is to study cork growth in cork oak productive stands spread on the north (Nebrodi Mountains) and south-east (Iblei Mountains) of Sicily. Im age analysis techniques were used on cork surfaces of transverse sections of planks to measure cork rings.Dendrochronological analysis was applied to study annual fluctuation on rings growth in relation to various climate parameters in a cork cycle production. Results showed that rainfall, summer drought and temperat ure are determining factors in controlling cork growth. In siliceous areas of Nebrodi Mountains correlation between cork growth index and rainfall indicates that the rain period from May to September strongly influ ences phellogen activity. Temperature and water stress indices, on the other hand, show a negative correla tion with cork growth. In clay and evolved soils of volcanic plateau of Iblei Mountains January precipitation shows a positive correlation with cork growth index. Also absolute minimum temperature in June and abso lute maximum temperature in Septe...

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Climate effects on cork growth in Cork oak plantations in Sicily (Italy)

Pizzurro¹,

Maetzke²

2009

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“…In Figure 3, the height growth model obtained with and without regional differentiation, are represented graphically after forcing the curves to pass through the age-height points (80, 6), (80, 8), (80, 10), (80, 12) and (80,14). This graphical comparison between regional growth curves indicates that there is a high level of similarity between dominant height growth patterns, except for the highest site index class in Catalonia, possibly because of the small number of trees sampled in this quality class.…”

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“…The fitted values obtained by the weighted generalized non linear least squares regression for the site quality and height to diameter ratio under dependent parameters are shown in Table V. Then, the diameter growth model retained for dominant cork oak trees, both in the Natural Park of "Los Alcornocales" and in Catalonia, is the following: (14) where d i is the diameter at breast height under cork (cm) at age t i (years); SI is the site index (m); h/d is height to diameter ratio (cm/cm).…”

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“…In Spain and Portugal, several models have been developed to estimate cork production [19,26,32,39,43]. As regards wood growth, research has been scarce, and mainly focused on the effect of different factors such as debarking on cork oak growth [10,14]. The only cork oak growth model available at this time is the SUBER model [38,40], a management oriented growth and yield model, developed in Portugal for open cork oak woodlands.…”

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Modelling height and diameter growth of dominant cork oak trees in Spain

Sánchez-González¹,

Tomé²,

Montero³

2005

Ann. For. Sci.

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-A plan for sustainable management is urgently required for cork oak forests. This objective is only attainable through growth models that allow us to predict the medium and long term consequences of different silvicultural treatments. In this study, we have developed height and diameter growth models for dominant cork oak trees using stem analysis data from two of the main cork producing areas in Spain. Difference forms of the Lundqvist-Korf, McDill-Amateis and Richards growth functions were tested and fitted using the generalized least squares regression method. The parameters of the equations were linked to stand characteristics in order to improve the models. The difference form of the McDill-Amateis equation was selected for height growth, while the difference form of the Richards equation with n as the free parameter was selected for diameter growth. These models increase our knowledge of the growth of this species and therefore will enable us to improve management planning in cork oak forests. growth models / Quercus suber / site index / dominant trees / sustainability Résumé -Modèles de croissance en hauteur et en diamètre pour des chênes-lièges dominants en Espagne. Un nouveau plan d'aménagement pour la gestion durable des peuplements de chêne-liège est nécessaire. Cet objectif est réalisable seulement si l'on dispose des modèles de croissance permettant de prévoir les conséquences de différents traitements sylvicoles. On a développé, sur la base des données d'analyses de tige, deux modèles pour estimer la croissance en hauteur et en diamètre des chênes-lièges dominants dans deux des régions les plus productives d'Espagne. Les équations en différences des modèles de Lundqvist-korf, Mcdill-Amateis et Richards ont été testées et ajustées en utilisant la méthode des moindres carrés généralisée. Les paramètres des équations ont été exprimés en fonction de caractéristiques des peuplements pour améliorer les modèles. La fonction de McDill-Amateis a été retenue comme modèle de la croissance en hauteur tandis qu'on a choisi l'équation de Richards avec n dans l'exposant comme paramètre libre pour modèle de la croissance en diamètre. Ces deux modèles améliorent nos connaissances de la croissance du chêne-liège et doivent nous permettre d' améliorer la gestion des peuplements. modèles de croissance / Quercus suber / site index / arbres dominants / durabilité

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