Original article | SilvaWorld 2022, Vol. 1(1) 1-15
Mortality and Growth in a Sessile Oak [Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.]-Dominated Young Stand Managed through Silvicultural Operations of Different Types and Intensities
Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Diana-Cristina Simon, Alexandru-Mihai Goia & Cornelia Buzatu-Goanta
pp. 1 - 15 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/silva.2022.462.01 | Manu. Number: MANU-2208-08-0007.R1
Published online: September 14, 2022 | Number of Views: 36 | Number of Download: 192
Abstract
A small-scale R&D project, including a block with four plots (P1-4) of 200 m2, was established in 2001 in a 15-year-old sessile oak-dominated stand, regenerated naturally through the application of group shelterwood cutting. In each plot, “potential” final crop trees were selected, based on vigour-quality-distribution criteria, and painted. Silvicultural interventions (cleaning-respacing and thinning), of different types and intensities were performed in P1-3 (P4 was kept as control) as well as P5 (500 m2), established in 2009, in 2001, 2004, and 2009. The mortality intensity between 2001 and 2019 was the highest in P4 and the lowest in P1, with the minimum stand density. Sessile oak showed the highest mortality, followed by Hungarian oak and Turkey oak. The fastest diameter growers were the “potential” final crop trees, their quadratic mean diameter (QMD) reaching values close to 20 cm at 35 (30-40) years in the plots with the lowest stand density. In all plots, trees have reached heights corresponding to the QMD of ca. 15 m, which are typical to a sessile oak stand of high productivity (production class II). The best solution for managing sessile oak young and medium-aged stands seems to be a “dynamic”, crop tree silviculture, with the most valuable individuals selected as “potential” final crop trees at the end of thicket stage. These trees should be favoured by subsequent heavy intensity thinning from above, in order to produce timber with as uniform as possible radial increments of 2-3 mm, as requested by veneer and high-quality saw log buyers.
Keywords: Sessile oak, Cleaning-respacing, Stand silviculture, Crop tree silviculture, Mortality, Growth
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