SustAffor Newsletter 3
12/03/2015 - 00:00
A large set of data from SustAffor field trials has been gathered. Hereby we present the main variables measured and equipment utilized.
Sustaffor project: novel techniques and field trials
The aim of SUSTAFFOR is to conceive, produce, develop and on-field validate novel techniques aiming at improving afforestation / reforestation projects from an environmental, technical and economic point of view, as well as to explore the synergies between them.
These novel techniques aim at mitigating the negative effect of drought and competitive vegetation, while minimizing the need for maintenance. They include a new generation
of soil conditioners...
This third newsletter presents the monitoring performed during the first and second vegetative period (2014-2015), at 8 field trials, comprising almost 4,000 experimental trees, installed in NE Spain, across a range of four significantly contrasted climatic areas (Semiarid, Mediterranean Continental, Mediterranean Humid, Montane), described in Newsletter 2.
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 Sustaffor_Newsletter3.pdf | 3.83 MB |