RT Journal Article
T1 Characterisation of Woody Necromass in Beech Forests with Different Anthropic Accessibility: The Case of La Rioja (Spain)
A1 Collepardi, Ilaria
A1 Ziaco, Emanuele
A1 Pérez Cruzado, César
A1 Lo Monaco, Angela
K1 Deadwood
K1 Beech forests
K1 Decay classes
K1 Accessibility classes
K1 Carbon
AB In this study, a comprehensive analysis of deadwood was conducted in four macro-areas located in two beech forests of public utility in Enciso (La Rioja, Spain). Dendrometric data, as well as qualitative and quantitative characteristics of deadwood, were collected and analysed with respect to the degree of accessibility to the forest to determine the effect of different levels of forest accessibility on deadwood volume and carbon stocks. All decomposition classes were present except the first, highlighting the development of natural degradation dynamics. Deadwood stored 6.9 t/ha of C in the easy accessibility class, 5.7 t/ha of C in the medium accessibility class and 2.2 t/ha of C in the difficult accessibility class. The average volume of deadwood and carbon stored calculated in this study were higher than the values reported in the Spanish and Italian national forest inventories, including one developed for Riojan beech forests. Deadwood volume was on average 22.5 m3/ha, showing an unequal distribution, with the lowest values found far from the access roads, despite forest accessibility generally being considered a factor that facilitates the human collection of deadwood. The distribution patterns of deadwood in beech forests of La Rioja, apparently counterintuitive, were due to a combination of different factors, including slope, cattle grazing, and weather conditions which might have favoured downward movement of the deadwood
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24420
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24420
LA eng
NO Environ. Sci. Proc. 2021, 3(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2020-08111
NO This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities,AGL2016-76769-C2-2-R
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026