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Optimal management of Pinus pinea stands when cone and timber production are considered

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Pinus pinea is one of the most important tree species in the Mediterranean region due to the economic value of its edible seeds called “piñones”. Timber also represents an important source of income from this species. Generally, P. pinea stands have been managed to maximize either timber or seed production, optimization of the joint production of both products being rare. The difficulty in optimizing seed or joint production is the highly stochastic masting habit of P. pinea. The aim of the present study was to find the optimal management of P. pinea stands from the economic point of view when both seed and timber production are considered. A growth and yield model was employed to simulate the dynamics of P. pinea stands of the northern Iberian Peninsula. The novelty of the study is the implementation of a cone yield model that is able to predict expected cone harvests and seed yields when masting is stochastic. The model was linked with an optimization algorithm to obtain optimal schedules for two different stands. The results showed that seed production of P. pinea in the northern plateau of the Iberian Peninsula may increase the soil expectation value by more than 300 % in dense stands and 200 % in sparse stands. When seed yields were considered, rotation lengths were longer and thinnings were delayed. The results were highly sensitive to cone prices and discount rates.

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Acknowledgments

The present investigation was financially supported by a short-term scientific mission under COST-FP0603 and the projects “STARTREE: Multipurpose trees and non-wood forest products a challenge and opportunity” (FP7-KBBE-2012-6) funded by the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Grant Agreement No. 311919, AGL2010-15521 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and RTA2013-00011-c2.1 funded by INIA. Authors wish to thank to Servicio Territorial de Medio Ambiente de Valladolid for permission and support to maintain all the field trials involved in this study.

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  1. Centro de Investigación Forestal (CIFOR), INIA, Crta. de la Coruña, km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    M. Pasalodos-Tato, R. Calama, I. Cañellas & M. Sánchez-González

  2. University of Eastern Finland, 80101, Joensuu, Finland

    T. Pukkala

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Pasalodos-Tato, M., Pukkala, T., Calama, R. et al. Optimal management of Pinus pinea stands when cone and timber production are considered. Eur J Forest Res 135, 607–619 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0958-7

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