Site:DS16
REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Alava and Bizkaia
Municipality: Abadiño
Region: Pais Vasco
Country: Spain
Website: http://www.hazi.es/es/
Partner in charge of the site: HAZI
Responsible name: Alejandro Cantero
Site characteristics
Altitude (m): 168
Topography: high slope
Orientation: S
Hydrology: Flat soil, without rivers
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: dystric-eutric
Parent rock: pelite lutite or argilite
PH: 4.7
Climate
Average temperature (°C): 12.2
Average precipitation (mm): 1075
Number of frost days: 14
History of the site
Growth and Adaptation of the species to the Drought under several thinning treatments:Radiata pine silviculture plot nets were installed in 1998 in five private properties in Álava and Bizkaia by Forest Owners Association of the Basque Country. After four mensurations (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2012), the best adaptation of several types of Radiata pine silviculture to the climate of the mounts from the Basque Country is proved.The first step was the data collection of the same trees along the years. A database was created with these data. During the Reinfforce project, all the trees were measured by diameter and total height: 570 trees. To avoid the use of numeric, metallic brands, all the trees are located by GPS. In the case of some Markina and Muxika plots, 10 mean trees were selected to measure its wood quality by the Hitman ST300 and the Fakopp tools (two measures in each selected tree in its basal log). An analysis with all these data is expected along the final year of the project. Relationships between thinning regime, growth and climatic damages will be studied. 