Vol. 65 No. 4 (2010)
Special section

Naturalistic silviculture: Aldo Pavaris heritage

Orazio Ciancio
Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali

Published 2013-05-15

Keywords

  • naturalistic silviculture,
  • selection cutting,
  • normalization

Abstract

For the first time in Italian forestry literature, Aldo Pavaris contribution to the principles of naturalistic silviculture is analyzed. In particular, the importance of his work for the definition of silvicultural methods, with special reference to selection cutting
and uneven-aged and mixed forest management, is underlined