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Abstract

Thinning in Chestnut Coppices: Effects on the Forest Ground and Recovery Capacity †

Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Tuscia University, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Presented at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Forests—Exploring New Discoveries and New Directions in Forests, 15–31 October 2022; Available online: https://iecf2022.sciforum.net/.
Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 22(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13058
Published: 15 October 2022

Abstract

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The abandonment of traditional forestry practices and the lack of updating these to more modern practices, as for the government of the coppices, has led to a dangerous homogenization of the landscape with a consequent loss of the ecosystem’s variety and the landscape’s complexity and biodiversity. The coppice management combined with the basic requirements of sustainability is possible with careful logging activities and a continuous monitoring of the impacts on the ground and on the renovation. The chestnut coppice management corresponds to a specific productive model, with questionable values of naturality but without heavy impacts. It is known that the greatest impact is due to the harvesting, so it must be carried out carefully. If the wooden assortments request is connected to a local management, production and consumption chain, the coppice government can be a valid forest management method both in terms of the biomass, landscape diversity and heterogeneousness of the forest cover, fulfilling the commitments of the preservation of biodiversity.

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Author Contributions

Conceptualization, R.V., N.D.M. and R.P.; methodology, R.V., N.D.M. and R.P.; validation, R.V., D.T. and R.P.; formal analysis, R.V., A.B., N.D.M. and D.T.; investigation, R.V., A.B., N.D.M. and D.T.; data curation, R.V., A.B., N.D.M. and D.T.; writing—original draft preparation, R.V., A.B., N.D.M. and D.T.; writing—review and editing, R.P.; supervision, R.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

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MDPI and ACS Style

Venanzi, R.; Di Marzio, N.; Battaglini, A.; Tocci, D.; Picchio, R. Thinning in Chestnut Coppices: Effects on the Forest Ground and Recovery Capacity. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 22, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13058

AMA Style

Venanzi R, Di Marzio N, Battaglini A, Tocci D, Picchio R. Thinning in Chestnut Coppices: Effects on the Forest Ground and Recovery Capacity. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022; 22(1):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13058

Chicago/Turabian Style

Venanzi, Rachele, Nicolò Di Marzio, Alessandra Battaglini, Damiano Tocci, and Rodolfo Picchio. 2022. "Thinning in Chestnut Coppices: Effects on the Forest Ground and Recovery Capacity" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 22, no. 1: 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13058

APA Style

Venanzi, R., Di Marzio, N., Battaglini, A., Tocci, D., & Picchio, R. (2022). Thinning in Chestnut Coppices: Effects on the Forest Ground and Recovery Capacity. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 22(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13058

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