19 articles in this issue
Arbi J. Sarkissian,Robert M. Brook,Salma N. Talhouk,Neal J. Hockley
Aim of study: Incentivising landowners to supply ecosystem services remains challenging, especially when this requires long-term investments such as reforestation. We investigated how landowners perceive, and would respond to, distinct types of incentives... see more
Nikos Nanos,Sara Sjöstedt de Luna
Aim: Several national forest inventories use a complex plot design based on multiple concentric subplots where smaller diameter trees are inventoried when lying in the smaller-radius subplots and ignored otherwise. Data from these plots are truncated with... see more
Francisco Rodríguez y Silva,Mercedes Guijarro,Javier Madrigal,Enrique Jiménez,Juan R. Molina,Carmen Hernando,Ricardo Vélez,Jose A. Vega
Aims of study: To conduct the first full-scale crown fire experiment carried out in a Mediterranean conifer stand in Spain; to use different data sources to assess crown fire initiation and spread models, and to evaluate the role of convection in crown fi... see more
Alberto Rojo-Alboreca,Juan D. García-Villabrille,José J. Corral-Rivas,Ricardo Alía,Gregorio Montero
Aim of study: To propose a new approach to defining rotation ages on the basis of productive and technological aspects and to present an example of application of the methodology to natural Pinus sylvestris stands in relation to silvicultural treatment (l... see more
Iciar Alberdi,Roberto Vallejo,Juan G. Álvarez-González,Sonia Condés,Eduardo González-Ferreiro,Silvia Guerrero,Laura Hernández,Maria Martínez-Jauregui,Fernando Montes,Nerea Oliveira,Maria Pasalodos-Tato,Elena Robla,Ana D. Ruiz-González,Mariola Sánchez-González,Vicente Sandoval,Alfonso San Miguel,Hortensia Sixto,Isabel Cañellas
Aim of study: To present the evolution of the current multi-objective Spanish National Forest Inventory (SNFI) through the assessment of different key indicators on challenging areas of the forestry sector.Area of study: Using information from the Second,... see more
Enrique Hernández-Tecles,Jorge de las Heras,Zaida Lorenzo,Miguel Navascués,Ricardo Alia
Aim of study: To contribute to the characterization of the origin of material used in afforestation, restoration or conservation activities by using Cp-SSR markers.Area of study: We used information from the natural range of Iberian pines, from Spain.Mate... see more
Rafael Serrada,Valentín Gómez-Sanz,María J. Aroca,Javier Otero,J. Alfredo Bravo-Fernández,Sonia Roig
Aim of the study: To analyse the decline in aged holm oak coppice forests as regards above-ground and below-ground fractions and physiological features.Area of study: Centre of the Iberian Peninsula (Guadalajara province).Material and methods: 26 pairs of... see more
Felipe Bravo,Douglas A. Maguire,Santiago C. González-Martínez
Aim of study: Our main goal is to determine the relationship between cone production and radial growth in Pinus pinaster Ait. under different climatic conditions across the Iberian Peninsula.Area of study: Coca Intensive Sampling Plateau, Northern Plateau... see more
Felipe Bravo,Miren del Río,Paul F. Starrs
Pablo Campos,Alejandro Caparrós,Emilio Cerdá,Luis Diaz-Balteiro,A. Casimiro Herruzo,Lynn Huntsinger,David Martín-Barroso,María Martínez-Jauregui,Paola Ovando,José L. Oviedo,María Pasalodos-Tato,Carlos Romero,Mario Soliño,Richard B. Standiford
Aim of study: This paper objective focuses on the contribution of multifunctional natural forest silviculture, incorporating both private and public product managements, to forest and woodland economics.Area of study: Spain and California (USA).Material a... see more
Rafael Calama,Rubén Manso,Manuel E. Lucas-Borja,Josep M. Espelta,Miriam Piqué,Felipe Bravo,Carlos del Peso,Marta Pardos
Aim of study: Designing adequate silvicultural systems for natural regeneration of a forest species requires sound knowledge of the underlying ecological subprocesses: flowering and fruiting, seed dispersal and predation, seed germination, seedling emerge... see more
Miren del Río,Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Hans Pretzsch,Magnus Löf,Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado
Aim of the study: Thinning experiments in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands have been carried out since long in different regions of its distribution. The aim of this paper is to gather the knowledge about the thinning effects on Scots pine stands, ... see more
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado,Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Eduardo López-Senespleda,Felipe Bravo,Miren Del Río
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 of forest management by comparing the effects of silvicultural systems (even-aged... see more
Míriam Piqué,Pau Vericat,Mario Beltrán
Aim of the study: To develop regional guidelines for sustainable forest management.Area of the study: Forests of Catalonia (NE Spain).Material and methods: The process of developing the forest management guidelines (FMG) started by establishing a thorough... see more
Laura Fragoso,Elia Quirós,Pablo Durán-Barroso
Aim of study: The goal of this study is to analyse variations in curve number (CN) values produced by different cartographic data sources in a forested watershed, and determine which of them best fit with measured runoff volumes.Area of study: A forested ... see more
Mar Génova,Carlos Santana,Begoña Martínez
Aim and area of study: In the present paper we estimated the age of four monumental Pinus canariensis of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) by means of tree-ring analysis. Many tree-ring series have been accurately studied and many missing rings have be... see more
Pablo Valls-Donderis,María Vallés-Planells,Francisco Galiana
Aim of study: To verify and prioritise a set of sustainable forestry indicators using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).Area of study: Participants were Spanish; indicators were meant to be applied in forest management units (FMUs) under Mediterranean ... see more
Rosario Gonzalez-Cascon,Leticia Jiménez-Fenoy,Irene Verdú-Fillola,M. Pilar Martín
Aim of study: We evaluated the use of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) for the photometric determination of chlorophyll (Chla and Chlb) and carotenoids in Quercus ilex L. leaves by comparative analysis using aqueous-acetone extraction.Area of study: a Q. ilex deh... see more