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T1 Ecology and management of natural and reforested Canary Island pine stands
A1 Arévalo, José Ramón
A1 Naranjo-Cigala, Agustín
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
A1 Fernández Lugo, Silvia
K1 ecología
K1 pinar
K1 Islas Canarias
K1 especies exoticas
K1 reforestación
AB Pinus canariensis Chr. Sm. Ex DC in Buch is an endemic conifer tree of the CanaryIslands archipelago and its stands occupied much larger areas in the past. Plantationprograms have been very common in the Canary Islands since the 1940s. The mainobjective of the plantations analyzed in this study is to restore the canarian pine forestwhich was heavily disturbed and eliminated during the last 5 centuries after the Europeancolonization of the Canary Islands and reforestation with exotic species.There is not a general agreement in the plantation technology or the management ofthese plantations, probably due to the low number of studies related with the ecology ofthis forest stand. In this chapter, we will evaluate the ecological studies carried out withP. canariensis and analyze the management practices followed by the authorities. We willanalyze the valuable aspects of this management and suggest, if possible, newalternatives for forest restoration. The impact of fire and the introduction of exoticspecies in the potential area for P. canariensis is also analyzed and evaluated. We finishthe chapter with some concluding remarks based in the information provided by differentsources found during this review.
PB Nova Science Publishers
SN 978-1-61122-542-6
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/23531
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 03-may-2024