ALEGRIA, C.M.M. (2010) - Which stand development scenario is more suitable for maritime pine stands management in centre inland of Portugal?. In IUFRO Conference - Mixed and Pure Forests in a Changing World. Poster abstracts. Poster.
Title
Which stand development scenario is more suitable for maritime pine stands management in centre inland of Portugal?
Subject
Maritime pine stands Portugal
Date
2011-02-18T17:44:30Z 2011-02-18T17:44:30Z 2010
Description
Poster apresentado na IUFRO Conference - Mixed and Pure Forests in a Changing World, que decorreu de 6 a 8 deOutubro na Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, em Vila Real. Production efficiency is greatest at lowest stocking densities that achieves full
use of the site potential for timber production. However, in practice, others
factors such as, timber quality, price assumptions, harvesting costs, risk of
wind throw and regeneration options, also need to be considered at the time
during the rotation when determining desired stocking density (Skovsgaard
and Vanclay, 2008).
In this study, the working hypothesis was to test if stand management using
prescriptions that led to an under stocked stand situation were the more
suitable in terms of merchantable yield and economi
