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Economic and Financial Evaluation of Cork Oaks Forest Plantations Under Fertirr...
Camilo-Alves, Constança; Nunes, José António; Poeiras, Ana; Ribeiro, João; Vaz, Margarida; Mota Barroso, João; Almeida-Ribeiro, NunoCork oaks usually become productive after 20 years of age. To shorten this period, fertirrigation has been tested to enhance tree vitality and growth, thus anticipating cork stripping. This study aims to determine the economic and financial indicators of this afforestation technique compared to rainfed indicators. Simulations were conducted based on information gathered from fertirrigated and rainfed stands, as...
Analysis of Crown and Root Orientation of Quercus suber in Relation to the Irri...
Šleglová, Kristýna; Camilo-Alves, Constança; Poeiras, Ana; Ribeiro, João; Almeida-Ribeiro, Nuno; Surový, PeterThis study investigates the effect of the spatial distribution of soil water and nutrients on cork oak (Quercus suber) architecture. Fertirrigation is being tested in cork oak plantations to accelerate tree growth up to the production stage. To assess the impact of wet bulb location on tree development, six trees (three subjected to subsurface drip irrigation and three controls) were fully excavated at a sandy ...
Assessing the effect of cork oak fertigation on crown and root structure using ...
Šleglová, Kristýna; Camilo-Alves, Constança; Almeida-Ribeiro, Nuno; Poeiras, Ana; Nunes, José; Surový, PeterCork oak (Quercus suber L.) mortality events have spurred scientific research into new afforestation techniques, particularly the use of fertigation to accelerate tree growth and hasten the onset of the productive phase when cork stripping becomes feasible. This study examines the effects of fertigation on the development of root and aerial systems, with the objective of determining if fertigation can eventuall...
Impacts of Quercus suber irrigation on improving floristic diversity and soil q...
Raposo, Mauro; Maymone, Marta; Pinto-Gomes, Carlos; Poeiras, Ana; Nunes, José; Ribeiro, João; Almeida-Ribeiro, Nuno; Camilo-Alves, ConstançaWe analyzed the dynamics of floristic diversity and soil characteristics in a 10-year-old fertirrigated cork oak (Quercus suber) stand, a species of high ecological, social, and economic importance in the Mediterranean region. Given the decline of cork oak in recent decades, long-term research on newly established stands using fertirrigation was initiated to accelerate tree growth until productive maturity. The...