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Conversion of oak coppices to high forests as a tool for climate change mitigation in central Greece

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Forest management methods could affect forests’ potential for climate change mitigation. In Greece, oak forests are coppice managed largely. Conversion of coppices to high forest seems to gather significant benefits in enhancing multifunctionality. This research deals with the structure of coppices and under conversion oak stands and the estimation of aboveground biomass, annual increment of aboveground and belowground biomass, and the corresponding amounts of carbon and carbon dioxide. Statistical analysis of data of coppices and stands under conversion was conducted, to compare means of biomass, carbon and carbon dioxide concentration per tree and to investigate the potential differences between the models used for aboveground biomass estimation per tree. The results revealed that tree carbon sequestration of the stands under conversion (28.43–32.51 kg per tree) was more multiple than that of coppices (5.91–6.49 kg per tree). Additionally, carbon sequestration per hectare in stands under conversion (42.5–45.9 tonnes per hectare) was almost twice that of coppices (26.1–28.7 tonnes per hectare). It emerged superiority of stands under conversion versus coppices in climate change mitigation, although the first ones are still in one-third of their rotation cycle. Moreover, stands under conversion constitute not only a greater carbon reservoir but also a more durable and stable one than that of coppices, since they consist of more vital trees, with better developmental tendency and better stem quality. Results indicate the potentiality of stands under conversion to sequestrate even more carbon until the end of their rotation and strengthen the method of conversion towards climate change mitigation.

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Vlachou, M.A., Zagas, T.D. Conversion of oak coppices to high forests as a tool for climate change mitigation in central Greece. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 20, 8813–8828 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04591-0

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