A ten years analysis of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) afforestation projects in t...

• Author(s): Tomaz, C. ; Monteiro, J.M. ; Alegria, C.M.M. ; Teixeira, M.C.C.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/1388
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Subject(s): Quercus suber L.; afforestation projects; Principal Components Analysis; afforestation success
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Portuguese forest area has a great expression being around 39%. Since the last centuries the Quercus suber L.(cork oak) areas have increased, reaching to 715 922 ha (23%) according to the last National forest inventory. Afforestation programmes financed by the European Union and the existing protection laws for the species are one of the main reasons for this increase. These efforts are important to promote for these stands a distribution by age class that ensure cork oak forest sustainability (only 14% of the existing even-aged stands are young stands with less than 10 years). In this study, the programme – Afforestation of Agricultural Land – in the region of Beira Interior Sul was analysed, to assess afforestation success during the period of 2001 to 2011.