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T1 Viability of thinning sessile oak stands by girdling
A1 Reque Kilchenmann, José Arturo
A1 Bravo Oviedo, Felipe
K1 Robles
K1 Bosques y silvicultura
AB he effects of girdling were analysed in a sessile oak (Quercus petraea Matts. Leibl.) forest with an 80-year-old coppice with standard structure in northern Spain. The study evaluated the viability of girdling as an alternative to felling trees during crown thinning. Eighty-four direct competitors of selected future crop trees were girdled by double notching and peeling. Three years after girdling, 100 per cent of the treated trees had died. Approximately half of the girdled trees did not resprout. The occurrence of basal sprouting was very low, and more than 35 per cent of the sprouts had very low vigour. No correlation was found between sprouting and the diameter of the girdled trees or the distance to their nearest neighbour. A negative relationship between the diameter of the girdled tree and the stage of decline was recognized. Girdling is an economic alternative to non-commercial thinning in oak stands and can be seen as an effective structural enrichment treatment.
PB The Institute of Chartered Foresters
SN 1464 - 3626
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/7653
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/7653
LA eng
NO Forestry (2007) Vol. 80, Nº 2, pag 193-199.
NO Instituto Universitario de Gestión Forestal Sostenible
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024