Towards a new national cork plan for Italy, between critical issues and new challenges [PDF]
Conservation of the unique cork oak habitat (both as sparse forest with a well-developed shrub and herbaceous layer, and as semi-natural systems maintainedby livestock breeding), sustainable cork utilization, solid ties with the wine industry ...
Manzo, A. +3 more
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Flower Bud Differentiation in Quercus suber L.
Background and Purpose: Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) is one of the most important forest species growing in the Western Mediterranean region. This investigation intends to assess the timing of flowering differentiation of cork oak and contribute to the ...
Maria Carolina Varela +3 more
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Monitoring of TCA concentration in stoppers obtained by cork oak from different Sardinian areas [PDF]
A spatial and temporal distribution analysis of TCA biosynthesis phenomenon in the cork, through the use of both analytical data of sensory type and other instrumental determinations, was performed.
Mulas M. +4 more
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Cork oaks in the rural landscape of Sardinia [PDF]
The study has outlined the features of Sardinian rural areas, where agriculture and pastoralism are the main activities linked to a traditional culture still in use, and where the cork oak landscape has a unique multifunctional character with high ...
Filigheddu, Maria Rosaria +4 more
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Assessing the response of ground-dwelling beetles communities to different land-uses in Mediterranea cork oak systems [PDF]
In our study, we assessed the response of beetles communities at low taxonomical resolution to different Mediterranean cork oak land-use systems.
Mannu, Roberto +3 more
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Growth performance of cork oak plantations recently established on farmlands in Sardinia, Italy
Recently, significant forestry activities have taken place in Sardinia thanks to EU Regulation 2080/92 funds. Some 80% of the afforestated surface has been planted with holm oak and cork oak.
Dettori S +3 more
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Genetic variation of cork oak a tool for improving regeneration of cork oak woodlands
The European Academies' Science Advisory Council (2017) reports that the Mediterranean forest is already being affected by climate change (IPCC, 2014) and cork oak woodlands are particularly vulnerable to high-end climate scenarios that go above the Paris Agreement 2° C increase in temperature.
Almeida, Maria Helena +14 more
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Identification of cork oark characters for phenotypic selection. [PDF]
Global change effects can determine major changes in species distribution and productivity. In the Mediterranean region of the severity of hot and dry periods is growing and an increased frequency of extreme events and a major ...
Mulas M. +9 more
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The relationship between cork oak growth patterns and soil, slope and drainage in a cork oak woodland in Southern Portugal [PDF]
The influence of soil type, slope and drainage on tree growth patterns (density, tree size, crown canopy cover and cork yield) was assessed in a cork oak montado, located in Central-western Portugal, based on a GIS approach followed by field survey ...
Costa, Augusta +2 more
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New Business Models for innovating the cork sector and contrasting cork oak woodland abandonment [PDF]
The traditional agro-silvo-pastoral system is characterized by wooded grasslands derived from human-induced transformation of forests by tree clearing and tillage.
Sdringola Paolo +4 more
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