Status and change of key ecosystem attributes monitored at the CONECOFOR plots, 1995 - 2005 - Achievements, problems, perspectives

Marco Ferretti; Filippo Bussotti; Gianfranco Fabbio; Bruno Petriccione

doi:10.12899/asr-908

Status and change of key ecosystem attributes monitored at the CONECOFOR plots, 1995 - 2005 - Achievements, problems, perspectives

Authors

Marco Ferretti Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Firenze, Italy
Filippo Bussotti Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Firenze, Italy
Gianfranco Fabbio Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Forestry Research Centre (CRA-SEL), Arezzo, Italy
Bruno Petriccione Corpo Forestale delle Stato, Ufficio CONECOFOR, Roma, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12899/asr-908

Keywords:

CONECOFOR, forests, Italy, monitoring.

Abstract

The 1995-2005 time series obtained from the original set of 20 plots have been recently analysed in the framework of the Integrated and Combined (I&C) evaluation system of the programme. In this paper, results obtained, problems encountered and future perspectives are summarized.

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2013-11-15

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Ferretti, M., Bussotti, F., Fabbio, G., & Petriccione, B. (2013). Status and change of key ecosystem attributes monitored at the CONECOFOR plots, 1995 - 2005 - Achievements, problems, perspectives. Annals of Silvicultural Research, 34, 115–120. https://doi.org/10.12899/asr-908

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