Research Article

Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe

Volume: 22 Number: 3 December 15, 2020
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Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe

Abstract

Forests play essential roles for the protection of the earth when we are struggling with global climate change. It is necessary to examine the current status of the forests and their changes over time in order to determine the precautions to be taken in the future to overcome the environmental issues associated with the climate change. For this reason, the current status and the 18-year change of European Continent mixed forest stands in acreage were examined in this article. The Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) land cover datasets belonging to 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018 were used for the analyses in the study. Approximately 2.8 million hectares of mixed forestland have been lost in the last eighteen years in Europe, which has approximately 31 million hectares of mixed forest stands as of 2018. It was determined that this decrease was mostly caused by the change during the period of 2006-2012. In addition, it was revealed that mixed forests of Finland, Germany and Turkey dramatically suffered a high rate of destruction in the last eighteen years as a result of this study.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Forest Industry Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 15, 2020

Submission Date

May 29, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 26, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 22 Number: 3

APA
Aktürk, E., Altunel, A. O., & Kara, F. (2020). Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 22(3), 929-938. https://doi.org/10.24011/barofd.744832
AMA
1.Aktürk E, Altunel AO, Kara F. Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020;22(3):929-938. doi:10.24011/barofd.744832
Chicago
Aktürk, Emre, Arif Oguz Altunel, and Ferhat Kara. 2020. “Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe”. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 22 (3): 929-38. https://doi.org/10.24011/barofd.744832.
EndNote
Aktürk E, Altunel AO, Kara F (December 1, 2020) Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 22 3 929–938.
IEEE
[1]E. Aktürk, A. O. Altunel, and F. Kara, “Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe”, Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 929–938, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.24011/barofd.744832.
ISNAD
Aktürk, Emre - Altunel, Arif Oguz - Kara, Ferhat. “Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe”. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 22/3 (December 1, 2020): 929-938. https://doi.org/10.24011/barofd.744832.
JAMA
1.Aktürk E, Altunel AO, Kara F. Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020;22:929–938.
MLA
Aktürk, Emre, et al. “Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe”. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 3, Dec. 2020, pp. 929-38, doi:10.24011/barofd.744832.
Vancouver
1.Emre Aktürk, Arif Oguz Altunel, Ferhat Kara. Investigation of the 18-Year Status and Changes of Mixed Stands in Europe. Bartın Orman Fakültesi Dergisi. 2020 Dec. 1;22(3):929-38. doi:10.24011/barofd.744832

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