Towards an assessment of tree mortality and net annual increments in Italian forests. Which sustainability for the Italian forestry?

Sustainable forest management requires that fellings do not exceed increments in the medium term, once natural mortality is taken into account. Here we propose an assessment of the relevance of tree mortality in stands not regularly thinned, as prevailing in Italian forests. The amount of small-scal...

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Main Authors: Magnani F, Raddi S
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 2014-06-01
Series:Forest@
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Online Access:http://www.sisef.it/forest@/contents/?id=efor1235-011