Experimental reforestation with Bosnian pine under Mediterranean mountain conditions

doi:10.3832/ifor4635-017

Experimental reforestation with Bosnian pine under Mediterranean mountain conditions

Piermaria Corona⁽¹⁾, Vincenzo Bernardini⁽²⁾, Innocenzo Muzzalupo⁽²⁾, Rosario Turco⁽²⁾, Kevin Garofalo⁽²⁾, Giuseppe Pignatti⁽¹⁾

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 331-337 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4635-017
Published: Oct 19, 2024 - Copyright © 2024 SISEF

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The Bosnian pine is a relict species of the Tertiary Oro-Mediterranean forests, with a distribution mainly extended over the Balkan peninsula and disjunct Italian populations on the mountain ranges between the regions of Basilicata and Calabria. The ability to adapt to harsh climatic conditions, to survive in difficult environments and the wide altitudinal range where it is possible to find natural populations are the main reasons this species has been considered in planning reforestation interventions. This study compares growth and survival performances in two experimental plots of Bosnian pine reforestations established on different pedogenic substrates (Mesozoic limestone rocks vs. Paleozoic granites) of the mountains of Calabria using different types of propagation material (bare-root vs. containerized seedlings). At an age of approximately 40 years, annual increments in the two experimental plots averaged over the last two decades were equal to 0.2 cm and 0.1 cm, 0.2 m and 0.3 m, 8.4 m³ ha^-1 and 7.3 m³ ha^-1 for diameter, height and volume, respectively. These results confirm the ability of the species to successfully cope with the edaphic poverty of the outcropping rocky substrates and the rigidity of the climatic factors that characterize Mediterranean mountains; the growth performances are somewhat unexpected, higher than the average ones registered in Italy for black pine forests. Operationally, the production system of bare-root seedlings does not guarantee the best results under the examined conditions. This study contributes to improving the potential use of the species for new reforestation and related nursery activities, necessary for in-situ and ex-situ conservation.

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Pinus leucodermis, Forest Restoration, Forest Reproductive Material, Bare-root Seedlings, Containerized Seedlings

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(1)

0000-0002-8105-0792
0000-0002-3947-0160
Research centre for Forestry and Wood, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - CREA, Via Valle della Quistione 27, I-00166 Roma (Italy)

(2)

0000-0001-5423-0600
0000-0002-0264-1392
0000-0001-8156-7831
0009-0006-8759-1449
Research centre for Forestry and Wood, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - CREA, Contrada Li Rocchi Vermicelli 83, I-87036 Rende, CS (Italy)

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Giuseppe Pignatti
giuseppe.pignatti@crea.gov.it

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Corona P, Bernardini V, Muzzalupo I, Turco R, Garofalo K, Pignatti G (2024). Experimental reforestation with Bosnian pine under Mediterranean mountain conditions. iForest 17: 331-337. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4635-017

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Marco Borghetti

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Received: May 04, 2024
Accepted: Aug 18, 2024

First online: Oct 19, 2024
Publication Date: Oct 31, 2024
Publication Time: 2.07 months

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