INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON FILLING THE FORM Name and family name M. Cristina Monteverdi Research organization CRA-SEL Position in the organization Researcher Country E-mail [email protected]

EXPERIMENTAL SITE1

Name of the site Forest management trials network - FORMAN http://selvicoltura.eu/cont_E_5140.phtml Location of the site Italy - Buca Zamponi, Chitignano, , Italy, 43°40’N, 11°55’E, 1,000 m asl. - Cascinazza, Monicipality Meleti, Province Lodi, Country Italy: Lat. 50°07’3’’, Long. 9°43’30’’, Alt. 42 m a.s.l. - Caselli, Monteverdi Marittimo, Pisa, Italy, 43°14’N, 10°42’E, 305 m asl. - Castelfusano, Rome, Italy, 41°43’0.84’’N, 12°19’48.69’’E, 5 m asl. - Cecchetto, municipality Abetone, Province Pistoia, country Italy: lat. 44°07’26’’, long 10°42’09’’, alt. 1300 m a.s.l. - Chiusa di Ginestreto, Municipality Pesaro, Province Pesaro-Urbino, Country Italy: Lat. 43°52’17’’, Long. 12°49’54’’, Alt. 23 m a.s.l. - Complesso la Merse, Municipality Monticiano, Province Siena, Country Italy: lat. 43°06’27’’, long.11°11’52’’ alt. m 450 a.s.l. - Correggioli, Municipality S. Matteo delle Chiaviche, Province Mantova, Country Italy: Lat. 45°01’49’’, Long. 10°38’31’’, Alt. 30 m a.s.l. - Ficora, Municipality of Carovilli, Isernia province, Italy 41° 42’ 55” N 14° 18’ 50” E 920 m a.s.l. - Fonte Archese, , Arezzo, Italy, 43°34’49.45’’N, 11°42’40.48’’E, 750 m asl. - il Troscione, Municipality Montieri, Province , Country Italy: Lat.43°06’26’’, Long.10°58’31’’, Alt. 755 m a.s.l. - Poggio Pievano, Monterotondo M.mo, Grosseto, Italy, 43°09’N, 10°54’E, 570 m asl. - Ponte a Elsa, Muicipality Empoli, Province Firenze, Country Italy: Lat. 43°40’41’’, Long. 10°55’03’’, Alt. 35 m a.s.l. - Rifugio Cantore, Municipality of , Province Grosseto, Country Italy: lat 42°53’53’’, long 11°37’16’’, alt .1400-1340 m a.s.l. - Rincine, Municipality Londa, Province Firenze, Country Italy: lat. 43°52’19’’, long. 11°37’01’’, alt. 650 m a.s.l. - S. Lorenzo, Piancastagnaio, Siena, Italy, 42°51’33.85’’N, 11°40’34.30’’E, 870 m asl. - Sa Spinarba, Domus de Maria, Cagliari, Italy, 39°02’59.40’’N, 8°50’18.30’’E, 900 m a.s.l. - Sambuca, Municipality Tavarnelle, Province Firenze, Country Italy: Lat. 43°34’58’’, long. 11°12’27’’, alt. 167 m a.s.l. - San Leo, Municipality of Carovilli, Isernia province, Italy 41° 40’ 33” N 14° 15’ 18” E 810 m a.s.l. - Santa Barbara, Municipality and Figline, Province Arezzo and Firenze, Country Italy: Lat. 43°35’01’’, Long. 11°28’36’’, Alt. 185 m a.s.l. - Selva Castiglione, Municipality of Carovilli, Isernia province, Italy 41° 44’ 12” N 14° 18’ 50” E 1000 m a.s.l. - Several sites in the Municipality of Recoaro Terme, Province Vicenza, Country Italy: lat. 45° 42’17’’, long. 11° 13’ 29’, alt. 700-1000 m a.s.l. - Troscione, , Grosseto, Italy, 43°06’41.9’’N, 10°58’46.2’’E, 720 m asl.

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- Vallombrosa state forest, Municipality of Pelago, province of Firenze, Italy 43° 43’ 58”N, 11° 33’ 26” E; 962 m a.s.l. - Valsavignone, Pieve S. Stefano, Arezzo, Italy, 43°44’06’’N, 12°01’06’’E, 700 m asl Multiple Start date Multiple, the oldest started on 70th Characteristics of the forest The sites cover the following forest types (black pine, Turkey oak, holm oak, ecosystem where it is located chestnut, beech forests, douglas fir and valuable broadleaved plantations Silviculture, sustainable management, long-term monitoring, forest growth, rural Keywords development Scientific characteristics This infrastructure aims at monitoring - by the experimental method - the long- term dynamics of forest systems, the comparison of differentiated or alternative theses, allowing to test their suitability and evaluate their effectiveness in terms of bio-ecology, economics, societal expectations, rural development Access to experimental sites to observe differences of forest attributes under different silvicultural options and available past data providing Particularities in comparison to others sites - Technical characteristics All sites are permanently marked in the forests. At least two different theses are tested per site. Biometric and growth related attributes. They depend on the single site. Please, visit the URL or contact the responsible for more information. Visit the URL: http://selvicoltura.eu/cont_E_5140.phtml

SCIENTISTS AND/OR TECHNICIANS IN CHARGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE Principal investigator Gianfranco Fabbio (CRA-SEL) Others Paolo Cantiani, Andrea Cutini, Fabrizio Ferretti, Maria Chiara Manetti, Francesco Pelleri (CRA-SEL) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Availability for participating in Yes, mutual measurements contact Gianfranco Fabbio [email protected] The access is free under some copyright restrictions: responsible for the establishment and maintenance of every site has to be properly considered for contribution to papers or project proposals deriving from the use of the RI. On the website (http://selvicoltura.eu/cont_E_5140.phtml) it is possible to found the responsible for every trial. Availability for accessing the data Yes, collected contact Gianfranco Fabbio [email protected] The access is free under some copyright restrictions: responsible for the establishment and maintenance of every site has to be properly considered for contribution to papers or project proposals deriving from the use of the RI. Institution that manages the site CRA-SEL (Forestry Research Centre) www.selvicoltura.eu Institution that manages the data CRA-SEL (Forestry Research Centre) www.selvicoltura.eu Is the site participating in a Partially national or international Please, contact the responsible Network?

Is the site open for transnational Conditions:responsible for the establishment and maintenance of every site has collaboration? to be properly considered for contribution to papers or project proposals deriving from the use of the RI. On the website (http://selvicoltura.eu/cont_E_5140.phtml) it is possible to found the responsible for every trial.