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Article

Analysis of the Environments Where Natural Regeneration Is Established in the Absence of a Wildfire in the Open Pinus brutia Forests in the Middle Elevations of the Central Part of Cyprus

by
Petros Petrou
1,
Athanasios Stampoulidis
2,
Elias Pipinis
3,
Kyriaki Kitikidou
4,* and
Elias Milios
4
1
Department of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, 1414 Nicosia, Cyprus
2
Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, Democratias 3, 36100 Karpenisi, Greece
3
School of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
4
Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Democritus University of Thrace, Pantazidou 193, 68200 Orestiada, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Forests 2024, 15(7), 1228; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071228
Submission received: 18 May 2024 / Revised: 4 July 2024 / Accepted: 12 July 2024 / Published: 15 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Disturbance on Forest Regeneration and Recruitment)
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Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze the P. brutia natural regeneration and the environments where it was established in the absence of a wildfire in the open formations of the species in the middle elevations of the central part of Cyprus. Forty-eight rectangular plots of 0.1 ha were established in three site productivity types. Individuals of the species with a height from 0.1 m to 1.5 m were considered regeneration plants. Within each plot, various measurements and estimations were made. Moreover, 480 hemispherical photographs were taken. Additionally, hemispherical photographs were taken above each of the recorded naturally regenerated P. brutia plants. In all the site productivity types, the most regeneration plants were established and grew under the process of facilitation. In each of the site productivity types, there were no differences in the light condition diversity between the environments where the regeneration plants grew and the existing light conditions. Regeneration exhibited a small number of plants and constituted only a very small proportion of all trees in the three site productivity types. To achieve sustainability in P. brutia forests, forest practices must develop strategies for the enhancement of P. brutia regeneration in the studied area and in analogous environments.
Keywords: absence of wildfire; facilitation; light regime; natural regeneration; Pinus brutia absence of wildfire; facilitation; light regime; natural regeneration; Pinus brutia

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Petrou, P.; Stampoulidis, A.; Pipinis, E.; Kitikidou, K.; Milios, E. Analysis of the Environments Where Natural Regeneration Is Established in the Absence of a Wildfire in the Open Pinus brutia Forests in the Middle Elevations of the Central Part of Cyprus. Forests 2024, 15, 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071228

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Petrou P, Stampoulidis A, Pipinis E, Kitikidou K, Milios E. Analysis of the Environments Where Natural Regeneration Is Established in the Absence of a Wildfire in the Open Pinus brutia Forests in the Middle Elevations of the Central Part of Cyprus. Forests. 2024; 15(7):1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071228

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Petrou, Petros, Athanasios Stampoulidis, Elias Pipinis, Kyriaki Kitikidou, and Elias Milios. 2024. "Analysis of the Environments Where Natural Regeneration Is Established in the Absence of a Wildfire in the Open Pinus brutia Forests in the Middle Elevations of the Central Part of Cyprus" Forests 15, no. 7: 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071228

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Petrou, P., Stampoulidis, A., Pipinis, E., Kitikidou, K., & Milios, E. (2024). Analysis of the Environments Where Natural Regeneration Is Established in the Absence of a Wildfire in the Open Pinus brutia Forests in the Middle Elevations of the Central Part of Cyprus. Forests, 15(7), 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15071228

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