Vol. 60 No. 6 (2005):
Articles

Post-fire regeneration in artificial stands of Pinus halepensis Miller

Giovanni Maiullari
Dottore di Ricerca, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell’Ambiente – Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10 I-85100 – Potenza
Vittorio Leone
Professore Ordinario, Università degli Studi della Basilicata - Dipartimento di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell’Ambiente – Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10 I-85100 – Potenza
Raffaella Lovreglio
Dottore di Ricerca, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell’Ambiente – Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10 I-85100 – Potenza

Published 2005-12-30

Keywords

  • regeneration index,
  • number of seedlings,
  • not immediate harvesting,
  • serotiny,
  • Pinus halepensis Mill

Abstract

Delayed harvesting of dead standing trees, in Pinus halepensis artificial stands damaged by fire, seems a guarantee for the best dissemination and therefore the abundance of post-fire regeneration, expressed by the number of seedlings per m2. In the study case, reported significant differences in the density of regeneration, confirm that the practice of not immediate harvesting of damaged trees, after the passage of fire, seem to favour a more abundant and wealthy density of regeneration, sure premise for the postfire reconstitution.