Decaimiento en bosques mediterráneos: desentrañando amenazas y abordando retos para su gestión y conservación

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  • Rafael M Navarro Cerrillo Universidad de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31167/csef.v0i51.20174

Resumen

El término decaimiento se viene aplicando de forma genérica a aquellos procesos de pérdida progresiva y prematura del vigor en sistemas forestales. La generalización de este tipo de procesos está determinando la selvicultura que se aplica a muchos sistemas forestales, y ha abierto un debate sobre las opciones selvícolas que se pueden usar para paliar o revertir estos procesos. Si bien la idea de una “selvicultura del decaimiento” es muy atractiva para muchos investigadores, aún no se dispone de datos empíricos sobre los posibles efectos de los tratamientos propuestos en aspectos claves de las masas forestales, como son los cambios en la estructura o en la dinámica de las especies y de la regeneración, cuando se comparan estos tratamientos con los propios de la selvicultura (ej., claras). En este trabajo se revisan algunos conceptos importantes relacionados con los procesos de decaimiento de bosques, el posible impacto de estos procesos en aspectos claves de la selvicultura, y las potenciales alternativas para la gestión de masas de pinar afectadas por procesos de mortalidad en Andalucía.

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2025-03-14

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Navarro Cerrillo, R. M. (2025). Decaimiento en bosques mediterráneos: desentrañando amenazas y abordando retos para su gestión y conservación. Cuadernos De La Sociedad Española De Ciencias Forestales, 51(1), 21-48. https://doi.org/10.31167/csef.v0i51.20174

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