Stumpage value in the short wood system for the conversion into high forest of a oak coppice

• Published in: Forestry Studies in China Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 252 - 262
• Main Authors: Picchio, Rodolfo, Spina, Raffaello, Maesano, Mauro, Carbone, Francesco, Lo Monaco, Angela, Marchi, Enrico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Beijing Forestry University 01.12.2011; Springer Nature B.V; Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy(DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo 01100,Italy%EcoGeoFor Lab, Department of Science and Technology for the Environment and Territory(STAT), University of Molise, Contrada Fonte Lappone, Isernia 86090, Italy%Department of Ecology and Sustainable Economic Development, University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo 01100,Italy%Department of Agricultural and Forest Economics, Engineering Sciences and Technologies, University of Florence, Via San Bonaventura 13, Florence 50145, Italy
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Costs; Extraction; Forestry; Forestry Management; Forests; Life Sciences; Plant Ecology; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Polyethylenes; Productivity; Quercus cerris; Research Article; Tractors; Tree Biology; Wood; Wood Science & Technology; 价值计算; 低成本; 提取方法; 森林; 橡木; 活立木蓄积量; 矮林; 记录系统; Italy; financial analysis; extraction; coppice; stumpage value
• ISSN: 1008-1321; 2095-4034; 1993-0372; 2197-5620
• DOI: 10.1007/s11632-013-0411-7

This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the costs of different logging systems, in particular considering three different bunching-extraction methods. Moreover the stumpage value of each plot was calculated, and a comparison analysis of the results is presented. The work was carried out in Central Italy, in an aged Quercus cerris L. coppice in hill zones, with a 45% average slope. Short wood system harvesting was applied. Felling and processing were performed by chainsaw, while extraction with three different methods： plot No. 1 with mules, plot No. 2 with a tractor with winch, plot No. 3 with polyethylene chute line. Transport of firewood from the forest track to the landing was made by a tractor loaded as a mule. In the plot No. 1 the costs per unit mass （30.76 ∈·t33% ^-1） were higher despite having the lower cost per hour （39.99∈·th^- 1）. The reason was the lower productivity （1.3 t33%·h^-1）. The plot No. 2 had the highest cost per hour （66.79 ∈·h^-1）. However, productivity was the highest （2.7 t33%·h^- 1）. This aspect was notable from the financial point of view （24.74 ∈·t33%^-1）. Plot No. 3 was the less expensive （23.92 ∈·t33%^-1）. Comparing the three methods, a reduction of the costs through more appropriate extraction systems may increase the stumpage value from 8.3 to 9.65 ∈·t33%^- 1.