Articles
CHESTNUT SILVICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Article number
815_18
Pages
143 – 146
Language
English
Abstract
Sweet chestnut was widely spread across all the circummediterranean by man because of his flexibility in different uses.
Even if chestnut silviculture is rather simple, diseaeses and ring shake reduce the possibility of utilization of his wood.
So it is necessari to locate the stands for high quality wood production in very good sites with good forest practicability and leave the marginal sites to the free evolution for other species.
In order to minimize the ring shake defect it is necessary to maintain constant and maximum the radial growth with the necessary thinning.
Even if chestnut silviculture is rather simple, diseaeses and ring shake reduce the possibility of utilization of his wood.
So it is necessari to locate the stands for high quality wood production in very good sites with good forest practicability and leave the marginal sites to the free evolution for other species.
In order to minimize the ring shake defect it is necessary to maintain constant and maximum the radial growth with the necessary thinning.
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Authors
M. Pividori
Keywords
Forest management, coppice, high forest, broadleaved species, wood production
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