Publication: Short communication. Soil development mediated by traditional practices shape the stand structure of Spanish juniper woodland
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2014
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Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia
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Aim of study: Assessing the effect of soil development on the stand structure of a Spanish juniper forest traditionally shaped by livestock browsing and wood extraction. Area of study: Berlanga de Duero (Soria,Castilla y León),Spain. Material and methods: A stand inventory served to record stand structure. Tree age,height,DBH,basal area,and overbark volume were determined in each plot. Results were pooled considering two well-differentiated degrees of soil evolution. One-way ANOVAs (and Tukey's test) and regressions between growth parameters were performed to assess significant differences between growth performances on both types of soils. Research highlights: Deeper soils yielded significant higher plant density and stand stock figures than stony shallower profiles despite the intense past livestock activity in the area; and single tree-size was also significantly greater. Non-significant differences were found for merchantable junipers age (?120-160 years). Wood extraction and livestock browsing should be limited on shallower soils to allow soil and forest evolution; as well as to preserve the genetic pool better adapted to hardest growing conditions.
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Lafuente Jimenez, E., Hermosilla Redondo, M. D., Broto Cartagena, M. V., & Gasco Guerrero, A. M. (2014). Soil development mediated by traditional practices shape the stand structure of Spanish juniper woodland. Forest systems, 23(1), 167-170.