Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees have a high environmental value already well documented in the literature. Also, its socio-economical value is recognized due to their ability to produce cork, which is renewable every 9 years. However, high cork oak mortality rates are being observed since last decades in all Mediterranean basis. The lack of regeneration and well-structured forest stands with trees of differen...
Cork oak tree (Quercus suber L.), in Portugal, is considered the national tree and have special demands and legal protection when dealing with silviculture management (pruning, debarking, thinning). Being a species of slow growth, cork oak transplanting procedures can be a valuable asset either from the economic or ecological rationales to relocate trees, re-populate areas affected by high tree mortality, incre...
Inventário NAcional da Mortalidade da Azinheira fotografia aérea digital 2004/2006.
Cork oak tree (Quercus suber L.), in Portugal, is considered the national tree and have special demands and legal protection when dealing with silviculture management (pruning, debarking, thinning). Being a species of slow growth, cork oak transplanting procedures can be a valuable asset either from the economic or ecological rationales to relocate trees, re-populate areas affected by high tree mortality, incre...