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Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
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Updating the mapping of cork oak forests in Calabria (Italy)
Forest@, 2020 Cork oak forests (Quercus suber L.) are one the most interesting forest ecosystems in the western Mediterranean Basin. The aim of this technical note is the presentation of the results of a recent survey carried out in the Calabria region (southern Italy)
Ienco A +4 more
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The influence of cork oak pruning on the yield and growth of cork [PDF]
Annals of Forest Science, 2002 Bearing in mind the importance of pruning as a silvicultural treatment in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) open woodland of the dehesa type, an experiment was designed to assess the effect of pruning on cork yield. This work was carried out in two ways synchronically, comparing pruned sites with others which were either unpruned or pruned at different times,
Cañellas, Isabel, Montero, Gregorio
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Molecular evidence of bidirectional introgression between Quercus suber and Quercus ilex
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2018 Cork oak and holm oak share a large part of their natural range, and are known to hybridize in mixed stands. This hybridization is supposed to have played a relevant role in the past history of cork oak. Previous research has reported that F1 hybrids are
López De Heredia U, Sánchez H, Soto A
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Linking Cork to Cork Oak Landscapes: Mapping the Value Chain of Cork Production in Portugal [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Traditional farming landscapes in South and Central Portugal, known as montados, are affected by global socio-economic and biophysical pressures, putting the sustainability of the systems in jeopardy. Cork oak trees (Quercus suber L.) are characteristic features of these complex agro-silvo-pastoral agroforestry systems, delivering a globally important ...
Irene Holm Sørensen +6 more
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Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands? [PDF]
, 2009 In the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean oak forests have been transformed into a mosaic landscape of four main patch-types: forests, savannas, shrublands and grasslands.
Holmgren, M. +4 more
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Distribution of Biscogniauxia mediterranea and its potential insect vectors on Quercus suber in Southwestern Bulgaria [PDF]
Silva Balcanica, 2022 This is the first study in Bulgaria on the distribution of Biscogniauxia mediterraneа in cork oak plantations (Quercus suber). Symptoms of the disease (presence of exudate and wounds with stroma) caused by the fungus have been found on stems ...
Sonja Bencheva, Danail Doychev
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Geographic variation in cork oak and its implications for expected impacts of climate change [PDF]
, 2015 Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) is a protected tree species in Portugal, being also the source of raw material for the cork industry, a major player in Portuguese economy (representing 3% of GDP in 2010). The future climatic scenarios for Portugal point to
Rodrigues, Ana +9 more
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Journal of Forest Science, 2021 In recent years, the cork oak forests that characterise the Mediterranean region have been exposed to various factors that result in their degradation.
Salah Eddine Younsi +4 more
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Green Accounting of Hicksian Income from Spanish Cork Oak Forests [PDF]
, 2009 Con autorización de la editorial para este capítulo.The current application of the national Economic Accounts for Forestry (EAF) measures commercial flows in a simplified production account assuming a physical and forest economic steady state.
Montero, Gregorio +4 more
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