Beech site Col: General data								

Date	April-2000							
								
Site	Collelongo; Italy							
Tree species	Fagus sylvatica L. (beech)							
								
Contact person								
Name	Giorgio Matteucci; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza							
Organisation	University of Tuscia - DISAFRI (Dep. of Forest Environment and Resources)							
Adress	Via San Camillo de Lellis							
City	Viterbo							
Country	Italy							
Phone	39-761-357292							
Fax	39-761-357389							
Name	Giorgio Matteucci; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza							
								
								
Site data								
Coordinates	41°52' N 13°38' E							
Type of stand	Mature beech forest							
Site situation	High stand of composite structure; mean age (1996): 105 years							
Vegetation	Pure beech stand; sparse understorey of herbs (Galium)							

Bud break date	128-132							
Leaf fall date	260-290							



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Other references relevant to the site
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Cutini A Matteucci G and Scarascia Mugnozza G 1998. Estimation of leaf area index with the Li-cor LAI 2000 in
deciduous forests. Forest Ecology and Management 105: 55-65.

Masci A 1995. Caratteristiche strutturali e selvicolturali in una faggeta Appenninica d’Abruzzo. Laurea degree Thesis. University of Tuscia. Viterbo. Italy

Masci A Napoli G Dore S Matteucci G and Scarascia Mugnozza G 1998. Produzione di biomassa epigea e radicale
in una faggeta e in un rimboschimento di abete rosso dellaeappennino Abruzzese. In: Borghetti M (ed). La ricerca italiana 
in selvicoltura ed ecologia forestale. Proc. I S.I.S.E.F. Congress Padova. Italy. 4-6 Giugno 1997. Pp. 225-232.

Matteucci G 1998. Bilanco del carbonio in una faggeta dellaeitalia Centro-Meridionale: determinanti ecofisiologici
intergrazione a livello di copertura e simulazione dellaeimpatto dei cambiamenti ambientali. PhD thesis.
Università degli Studi di Padova. Padova. 28 February 1998

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Laurea degree thesis. University of Tuscia. Viterbo. Italy

Scarascia Mugnozza G De Angelis P Matteucci G and Valentini R 1998. Carbon absorption by temperate forest ecosystems:
problems and responses to a changing environment.  In: Sassa K (ed) Environmental Forest Science.
Kluwer Academic Publisher. The Netherlands. Pp. 119-127.

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Laurea degree thesis. University of Tuscia. Viterbo. Italy

Valentini R De Angelis P Matteucci G Monaco R Dore S and Scarascia Mugnozza GE 1996. Seasonal net carbon dioxide
exchange of a beech forest with the atmosphere. Global Change Biology 2: 199-207
