Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest
management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods: We review the main effects …

Larch (Larix spp.) is a dominant timber species in northeast China. However, compared with
the adjacent secondary forests, the soil nutrient conditions in the 40-year-old larch …

In the middle of XIX century, Calabrian pine was planted in southern Italy to increase the
forest cover in mountainous areas. Many of these forest stands were never managed, since …

In the Mediterranean basin, coniferous reforestation mainly comprises forest stands highly
susceptible to fires. When silvicultural treatments have not been performed for decades after …

Mature stands, mid-successional communities in which large live trees are the dominant
structural feature, are a major component of forested landscapes across North America …

This paper analyzes sapwood variability and allometry within individuals of Populus
tremuloides, Pinus contorta, Pinus banksiana, Picea mariana, and Picea glauca. Outside …

The report benefited from the helpful comments from external reviewers, Jette Bredahl
Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen and Simone Rossi, Joint Research Centre. We wish to …

Thinning plays a vital role in controlling stand density of plantation forests to get quality
wood and more ecological function. However, the specific effects of thinning on forest …

Forest ecosystems are important in the carbon storage process. Thus, the objective was to
investigate the effectiveness of the Simulated Annealing meta-heuristic analysis for selecting …

In the Mediterranean mountain areas, generally, in the coppice cutting the logging
operations of the woody materials are carried out intensively, causing damages to the …