Published
2014-01-23
Keywords
- urban forest,
- calabrian pine,
- reforestation,
- thinning,
- recreational use
Abstract
Management of recreational forests requires focused actions that give priority to the enjoyment of the users subordinating wood production to that goal. Even silvicultural treatments should be drawn with the main aim of increasing recreational value of forest. This papercritically examines the effects of a thinning performed on a periurban 50 years old calabrian pine stand (Pinus laricio Poiret), that has long been used as green area within the city of Viterbo. Thinning intensity, stem selection,damages caused to the released trees, the resulting effect on stand structure and on vegetation dynamics were assessed using as reference the attributes considered optimal for a recreational forest.
