Sustainable forest management and forest biomass estimates in Calabria (Southern Italy): a case study

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Francesco Iovino¹  Francesco Cruscomagno¹  Antonino Nicolaci¹  Andrea Cutini²  Giuliano Menguzzato³ 

[1] Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Modellistica, Elettronica e Sistemistica - Laboratorio di Cartografia Ambientale e Modellistica Idrogeologica, Università della Calabria;Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria;Dipartimento di Agraria, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria

关键词: Stand Structure;    Sustainable Forest Management;    Silvicultural Systems;    Lidar;    Forest Biomass;    ALForLAB;   

DOI  :  10.3832/efor2598-014

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Societa Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (S I S E F)

【 摘 要 】

Based on LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data, estimates of volume and biomass potentially available from coppice and high forest stands under different silvicultural options were estimated in a case study located in the Pollino National Park (Calabria - Southern Italy) within the framework of the ALForLAB project. Estimates of volume and biomass potentially available were elaborated separately for the main silvicultural types: beech, Calabrian pine and Mediterranean pines high forest stands on one hand, and for traditional coppices, outgrown coppice and coppice in conversion to high forest on the other. The estimates were performed taking into duly account both of the forest regional law and the restrictions due to the protected area (Natural Park). The overall standing volume ranged from 4.8 up to 7.7 M m3, while the volume potentially available ranged from 3.7 up to 6 M m3. Estimates of mass potentially available under the the adoption of different silvicultural system and options, in a sustainable forest management context, and according to the main stand structure types were analysed and discussed.

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