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Spatial dynamics of sweet chestnut orchards in a disease-affected region

dc.contributor.authorCastro, João Paulo
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Maria Eugénia
dc.contributor.authorSpínola, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, João
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-31T09:06:25Z
dc.date.available2011-03-31T09:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractAlong with agriculture abandonment, sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) diseases are important drivers of landscape dynamics in the northern regions of Portugal. Ink disease (Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands) has affected orchards historically but chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr) became a major cause of tree mortality after its establishment in 1989. We analysed the spatial structure of sweet chestnut plantations in the Curopos parish (Vinhais, Portugal) over the 1985 2006 period in order to understand the role of diseases in landscape dynamics. We mapped chestnut plantations in 1985, 1995 and 2005 from aerial photography and determined total chestnut orchard area, number of orchards, average orchard area, area of disease caused mortality, and area and number of new plantations. Mortality was very high in both 1985 1995 and 1995 2005 decades, above 40% in area. New plantations represented more than 100% of the chestnut area in the first decade and near 50% in the second. New plantations were established in diseased affected orchards (53%) and in marginal agriculture land recently abandoned (47%). The balance between mortality and new plantations resulted in a 75% net increment in area over the period of study. Number of plantations and average area also increased. We concluded that in spite of high incidence and tree mortality in Curopos over the last 20 years, there was relevant investment in new chestnut plantations which was responsible for relevant landscape dynamics.por
dc.identifier.citationCastro, J.P.; Gouveia, E.; Spínola, D.; Azevedo, J.C. (2010). Spatial dynamics of sweet chestnut orchards in a disease-affected region. In Azevedo, João; Feliciano, Manuel; Castro, José; Pinto, Maria Alice (Ed.) - Book of abstracts of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Working Group International Conference: Forest Landscapes and Global Change ‐ New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration. Bragança: IPB, IUFRO. ISBN 9789727451111por
dc.identifier.isbn978‐972‐745‐111‐1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/3826
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewednopor
dc.publisherAzevedo, J., M. Feliciano, J. Castro & M.A. Pintopor
dc.subjectPhytophthora cinnamomipor
dc.subjectCryphonectria parasiticapor
dc.subjectLandscape changepor
dc.subjectTurnoverpor
dc.subjectCuropos - Vinhaispor
dc.titleSpatial dynamics of sweet chestnut orchards in a disease-affected regionpor
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceBragança, Portugalpor
oaire.citation.endPage153por
oaire.citation.startPage153por
oaire.citation.titleBook of abstracts of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Working Group International Conference: Forest Landscapes and Global Change ‐ New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restorationpor
person.familyNameCastro
person.familyNameGouveia
person.familyNameAzevedo
person.givenNameJoão Paulo
person.givenNameMaria Eugénia
person.givenNameJoão C.
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