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Restoring Mediterranean Oaks: Enhancing Conservation and Management through Net...
Fonseca, Teresa; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Fernandes, José Pedro; Fierravanti, Angelo; Silva, Maria EmiliaSustainably managing forests as targeted in SDG 15 requires understanding the current state of forests, the factors that constrain or threaten this sustainability, and the factors or actions that facilitate it. Monitoring the dynamics of trees and forest development, as a whole, needs to be ensured to understand the most limiting factors and promote adaptive management actions to ensure the sustainability of th...
New technologies for expedited forest inventory using smartphone applications
Sandim, André; Amaro, Mariana; Silva, Maria Emilia; Cunha, Jorge; Morais, Susana; Marques, Alexandra; Ferreira, André; Lousada, José LuisThe forest inventory plays a crucial role in forest management planning, and it is the first step in planning actions for forest production. However, conducting an inventory can be expensive and complex. Forest inventory applications on smartphones have emerged as an alternative to traditional methods and they aim to make field data collection more accessible to non-professionals while ensuring accuracy in dete...
Wood density and ring width in Quercus rotundifolia trees in southern Portugal
Sousa, Vicelina; Silva, Maria Emilia; Louzada, José Luís; Pereira, HelenaQuercus rotundifolia Lam., known as holm oak or evergreen oak, occurs naturally in the western Mediterranean region, mainly as part of the agroforestry or agrosilvopastoral systems in Portugal (“montado”) and Spain (“dehesa”), and is economically important for acorn production. Less attention has been given to Q. rotundifolia wood, and its density variability is not known, namely related to tree growth. The woo...
Livro Verde dos Montados
Lauw, Alexandra; Gonçalves-Ferreira, Alfredo; Gomes, Alberto; Moreira, Ana Cristina; Fonseca, Ana; Azul, Anabela; Mira, António; Murilhas, AntónioO Livro Verde dos Montados apresenta diversos objectivos que se interligam: Em primeiro lugar, o Livro Verde pretende reunir e sistematizar, de uma forma simples e acessível ao público, o conhecimento produzido em Portugal pelos investigadores e técnicos de várias instituições de investigação ou de gestão que estudam o Montado. Assume-se como uma oportunidade de caracterizar o sistema tendo em conta as suas vár...
Age trends in genetic parameters of wood density components in 46 half-sibling ...
Gaspar, Maria João; Louzada, José Luís; Silva, Maria Emilia; Aguiar, Alexandre; Almeida, Maria HelenaThis study contributes to the Pinus pinaster Ait. breeding programme, which is reaching the third generation by adding information on wood quality of 46 open-pollinated families from a progeny trial located in Leiria, Portugal, that originated from seed collected in a clonal seed orchard. A total of 552 seventeen-year-old trees were sampled at 2 m height. Trends were studied from the pith outward in variance co...