F Charvet, F Silva, L Ruivo, L Tarelho, A Matos… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Charcoal production in Portugal is mostly based on the valorization of woody residues from cork oak and holm oak, the latter being considered a reference feedstock in the market …
As European forests face increasing threats from climate change and disturbances, diversifying tree species can be a crucial strategy to safeguard their ecological functions and …
F Charvet, A Matos, J Figueiredo da Silva, L Tarelho… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Charcoal is produced in large quantities in the Portuguese region of Alentejo mainly using traditional brick kilns. Information about this type of carbonization technology is scarce …
E Carrari, E Ampoorter, F Bottalico, G Chirici… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Production of wood charcoal in the Mediterranean countries started over two millennia ago and vanished almost completely only in the last century. The legacy of this activity are …
Questions Long‐term legacies of historical human activities in temperate forests are increasingly recognised as an important driver of vegetation diversity and composition. To …
Relict charcoal hearths are round or elliptical earthen platforms up to 11 m in diameter and a widespread feature of historical industry that supplied charcoal used in the production of iron …
F Hirsch, A Schneider, A Bauriegel, A Raab… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Historical charcoal production can have significant effects on soil properties. We studied soils at former charcoal production sites (relict charcoal hearths, RCHs) and compared these …
Anthropogenically modified soils are often characterized by a high heterogeneity of substrates and show unique patterns of water infiltration. Such effects are not limited to …
A Bonhage, F Hirsch, A Schneider, A Raab… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings of several thousand relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) in the Tauer Forest (Brandenburg, Germany) raise questions about the legacy effects of historical charcoal …