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T1 Short communication. Soil development mediated by traditional practices shape the stand structure of Spanish juniper woodland
A1 Fuente León, Javier de la
A1 Lafuente Jimenez, Edgar
A1 Hermosilla Redondo, María Daphne
A1 Broto Cartagena, Miguel Victorian
A1 Gasco Guerrero, Antonio María
K1 Sabinas - España - Castilla y León
K1 Sabina albar - España - Soria
K1 Pastoreo
K1 Bosques y silvicultura - España
K1 Suelos
K1 3106 Ciencia Forestal
K1 3106.08 Silvicultura
AB Aim of study: Assessing the effect of soil development on the stand structure of a Spanish juniper forest traditionally shaped by livestock browsing and wood extraction.Area of study: Berlanga de Duero (Soria, Castilla y León), Spain.Material and Methods: A stand inventory served to record stand structure. Tree age, height, DBH, basal area, and overbark volume were determined in each plot. Results were pooled considering two well-differentiated degrees of soil evolution. One-way ANOVAs (and Tukey’s test) and regressions between growth parameters were performed to assess significant differences between growth performances on both types of soils.Research highlights: Deeper soils yielded significant higher plant density and stand stock figures than stony shallower profiles despite the intense past livestock activity in the area; and single tree-size was also significantly greater. Non-significant differences were found for merchantable junipers age (≈120-160 years). Wood extraction and livestock browsing should be limited on shallower soils to allow soil and forest evolution; as well as to preserve the genetic pool better adapted to hardest growing conditions.
PB Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)
SN 2171-5068
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/57620
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/57620
LA eng
NO Forest systems, Vol. 23, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 167-170
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 17-jul-2024