Oak [[electronic resource] ] : ecology, types and management / / Cláudio Aleixo Chuteira and Abrahan Bispo Grão, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821756103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publisher, 2012
• ISBN: 1-61942-493-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: Environmental science, engineering and technology
• Altri autori (Persone): ChuteiraCláudio Aleixo; GrãoAbrahan Bispo
• Disciplina: 577.3
• Soggetti: Oak; Oak - Ecology; Forest ecology; Forest management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- OAK: ECOLOGY, TYPES AND MANAGEMENT -- OAK: ECOLOGY, TYPES AND MANAGEMENT -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: OAK FOREST MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. USES AND FUNCTIONALITIES OF OAK FORESTS -- 3. OAK STAND DEVELOPMENT STAGES -- 4. SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND REGENERATION METHODS -- 5. SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES -- 6. OAK COPPICE MANAGEMENT -- 7. GROWTH AND YIELD OF OAK FORESTS -- 8. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR MULTIPLE USES AND FUNCTIONALITIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 -- Chapter 2: INFLUENCE OF OAK BARREL AGING ON THE QUALITY OF RED WINES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OAK COMPOSITION AND COOPERAGE -- INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS ON THE QUALITY OF BARREL AGED WINE -- WINE SENSORY CHANGES DURING AGING -- INCIDENCE OF ETHYLPHENOLS IN WINE AGED IN OAK BARRELS -- NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE AGING OF WINE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: DEHESAS: OPEN WOODLAND FORESTS OF QUERCUS IN SOUTHWESTERN SPAIN -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ECOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES -- 3. ; DEHESA MANAGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: OAK WOOD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OAK WOOD CHARACTERIZATION -- 2. INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING - PREPARATION OF WOOD FOR INDUSTRIAL USE -- 3. WOOD QUALITY AND CLASSIFICATION -- 4. END USES OF OAK WOOD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: DIVERSIFICATION OF CORK OAK STANDS TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT:A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CORK OAK WOOD DENSITY VARIATION -- MODELING AND SAWING SIMULATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO CORK OAK WOOD -- PROPERTIES OF CORK OAK WOOD RELATED TO SOLID WOOD FLOORING PERFORMANCE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: USE OF OAK WOOD IN MANUFACTURE OF BARRELS FOR PREPARING AND AGING WINES -- INTRODUCTION -- OAK WOOD.; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF OAK WOOD. STAVE MANUFACTURING -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE WOOD -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: NATURAL VARIABILITY AND RESPONSES TO STRESSES IN ANDALUSIA HOLM OAK (QUERCUS ILEXSUBSP. BALLOTA [DESF.] SAMP.) POPULATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESEARCH WITH THIS SPECIES (FROM THE FIELD TO THE LAB) -- 3. STUDY OF VARIABILITY (FROM MORPHOMETRY TO -OMICSTECHNOLOGIES) -- 4. PROTEOMICS IN THE STUDY OF RESPONSES TO ABIOTIC(DROUGHT) -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: OAKS AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PATTERNS OF MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATIONS -- MYCORRHIZAL PROCESSES -- PREDICTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSIC-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MICROBIAL ADHESION OF OAK WOOD WITH OTHER WOOD SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WOOD SPECIES SURFACES CHARACTERIZATION -- 3. THEORETICAL PREDICTION OF MICROBIAL ADHESION ON WOOD SPECIES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.