Post-Fire Regeneration in P.halepensis Mill.Adult Forests of the Gargano Promontory (Puglia, Italy)
Orazio la Marca1,Claudia Capponi2,Matteo Tomaiuolo3
Citation :Orazio la Marca,Claudia Capponi,Matteo Tomaiuolo, Post-Fire Regeneration in P.halepensis Mill.Adult Forests of the Gargano Promontory (Puglia, Italy) International Journal of Forestry and Horticulture 2017,3(2) : 9-17
We report the results of a post-fire regeneration study concerning an adult Aleppo pine forest,destroyed by fire during summer 2007. The area was subsequently hit by a violent downpour that caused flooding, leading to soil erosion and depletion of the post-fire soil seed bank. Post-fire regeneration of pine in promptly cleared areas was compared with areas where the clearance of the burnt plants was carried out after about eighteen months, in compliance both with regulations governing protected areas according to Italian Law no. 394 of 6 December 1991 and with the area being designated a Site of Community Importance (SCI), in accordance with the European Commission Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC. The surveys in question covered a period of about four years.