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Site:DS15

REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Potes
Municipality: Potes
Region: Cantabria
Country: Spain
Website: http://sostenible.palencia.uva.es/gfs/proyectos/List/Competitivos/2/30/Detail.aspx
Partner in charge of the site: FGUVA
Responsible name: Julio Javier Diez Casero

Site characteristics

Altitude (m): 525
Topography: high slope
Orientation: NW
Slope (%): 50.0
Hydrology: Waters under river Deva basin
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: umbric
Parent rock: sandstone

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 13.0
Average precipitation (mm): 900
Number of frost days: 70

History of the site

The demonstration site is located next to the place of the installation of the arboretum, making possible the use of the data from the weather station. The main objective is to reveal optimal planting densities of test species through the study the available space for development of each plant and the alignments between them. MAIN SYLVICULTURAL OPTION DEMONSTRATED: New mixed plantation of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus radiata using systematic designs in concentric circles with different grid of plant positions, varying the spacing from low to high density and the degree of composition of both species. The demonstration sites are plantations based on Nelder Wheels (Nelder, 1962) designed to evaluate the influence of the density on the mortality, the size, the pathogenic damages and the biomass allocation of each plant. The data analysis will be performed using logistic regression and spatial analysis.
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