Silvicultural guidelines for European coppice forests
Coppice is a forest regenerated from vegetative shoots that may originate from the stump and/or from the roots, depending on the species. In contrast to forests originating from seed (the so-called high forest), the rotation period of coppice forests can be significantly shorter (approx. 5-30 years, depending on the type of coppice system). In 2000, about 16% of the productive forests in Europe were managed as coppice, covering a total area of about 23 million ha. All European coppice forests consist of broadleaved tree species. Among them, eucalypts, a non-native species, is a bit of an outlier in terms of the environmental concerns discussed in this document. Even though eucalypts can be managed to be highly productive and cost-effective, they can have major detrimental effects to the environment such as soil depletion and fire risk. Willows, poplars and black locust are treated as short-rotation coppice (SRC), which is usually regarded as part of agricultural-production systems. There are different forms of coppice forests: simple coppice, coppice with standards, coppice selection, pollarding and short rotation coppice.
- Σύντομος Τίτλος: Silvicultural guidelines for European coppice forests
- Ψηφιακό Αρχείο: https://www.eurocoppice.uni-freiburg.de/intern/pdf/deliverables/silviculture-guidelines
- Εκδότης: Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
- Δημιουργός: Nicolescu, V.-N., Carvalho, J., Hochbichler, E., Bruckman, V., Piqué-Nicolau, M., Hernea, C., Viana, H., Štochlová, P., Ertekin, M., Tijardovic, M., Dubravac, T., Vandekerkhove, K., Kofman, P.D., Rossney, D., Unrau, A.
- Πηγή: EuroCoppice
- Ιστότοπος: https://www.eurocoppice.uni-freiburg.de/intern/pdf/deliverables/silviculture-guidelines
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Αναφορά στην πηγή
- Έτος: 2017
- Βιβλιογραφία: Nicolescu, V.-N., Carvalho, J., Hochbichler, E., Bruckman, V., Piqué-Nicolau, M., Hernea, C., Viana, H., Štochlová, P., Ertekin, M., Tijardovic, M., Dubravac, T., Vandekerkhove, K., Kofman, P.D., Rossney, D., Unrau, A. 2017. Silvicultural guidelines for European coppice forests. COST Action FP1301 Reports. Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany. 28 p.
