Towards better practices of salvage logging for reducing the ecosystem impacts in Mediterranean burned forests

An average of 213,000 ha of European forest is affected by fire every year, with 90% of this area corresponding to Mediterranean countries. The timber of the burned forests is usually harvested by clearcutting over large areas to be used mainly as bioenergy. Recent scientific evidence has shown the...

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Main Authors: Pons P, Rost J, Tobella C, Puig-Gironès R, Bas JM, Franch M, Mauri E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 2020-10-01
Series:iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
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Online Access:https://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor3380-013