Vol. 65 No. 6 (2010):
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The last Gennargentu downy oak giants

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  • Michele Puxeddu,
  • Giorgio Citterio,
  • Raffaello Giannini
Michele Puxeddu
Dottore Forestale; via Levanzo 1- 09126 Cagliari.
Giorgio Citterio
Consorzio Turistico «Sa Corona Arrubia»; viale L. Puxeddu 1, 09020 Villanovaforru (VS).
Raffaello Giannini
Università degli Studi di Firenze; via S. Bonaventura 13, 50145 Firenze.

Published 2010-12-30

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Abstract

The impact of human activity has determined a strong alteration of the forests in Sardinia. A particular example is founded by the downy oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.) relic forest located in the upper side of Gennargentu mountains. A space/time inventory by GIS software and multitemporal cartographic methods showed the variation of the distribution of the species during the last 28 years. The dramatic reduction of forest cover and of the number of residual trees represents a serious danger to the conservation of the genetic variability of this species.
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