Among the many types of terrestrial ecosystems, forests have some of the highest levels of
biodiversity; they also have many interdependent economic, ecological and social functions …

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to
understanding the relationship of the human economy and the natural world is essential. In …

Due to several ecosystem services provided to the community, the multifunctional
management of forests has acquired an important role over the years. The current …

Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) are non-material benefits generated by natural and
human ecosystems that substantially contribute to human wellbeing. Estimating the …

Although coppice forests represent a significant part of the European forest area, especially
across southern Countries, they received little attention within the Sustainable Forest …

Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) are caused by several factors, including climate
change, socio-demographic dynamics, human pressures and urban sprawl. These factors …

The development of strategies for biodiversity analysis is critical at several levels,
particularly at the national one. The World Conference on Biological Diversity held in Rio de …

The bast scale (Matsucoccus feytaudi) is responsible for the destruction of most of the Pinus
pinaster forests in the Mediterranean area, causing resination, defoliation and subsequent …

In this paper, a spatial-based economic model is proposed with the aim of estimating the
most likely harvest cost of a forest block in relation to its particular morphological and …

Poplar and willow demonstrate great potential for the phytoextraction of trace elements (TEs)
from soils. In most cases, these species are managed as short-rotation coppice, producing …