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Dr. Lucian Dinca
National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry "Marin Dracea", 13 Closca Stree, Brasov, Romania

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Journal article
Published: 03 August 2021 in Forests
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The purpose of this study, which contains historical data recorded over a period of 40 years, was to identify the main factors that influence and control the level of wood mass production. The main reason was to optimize the management of forest areas and was driven by the necessity to identify factors that can influence most of the volume produced by coniferous forests located in southeast Europe. The data was collected between1980 and 2005 at the National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry, for forests located in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. The studied data refer to the parameters that model forest structure for spruce, fir, pine, and larch. These are the main resinous species found in the Southern Carpathians. The total area covered by these forests is 143,431 ha. At the forest species level, the analysis consists of 16,162 records (corresponding to the elements of the trees), covering an area of 45,008 ha for fir, 4711 ha for larch, 81,995 ha for spruce, and 11,717 ha for pine. The aim of this research has been to investigate and to assess the impact and magnitude of abiotic factors such as altitude and field aspect on forest structures from the main resinous stands located in the Southern Carpathians. Taking into account the size of the database as well as the duration for collecting data, a complete statistical and systematic approach was considered optimum. This resulted from our wish to emphasize and evaluate the influence of each analysed factor on the wood mass production level. The relationship between abiotic factors and forest structure has been analysed by using a systematic statistical approach in order to provide a useful theoretical reference for the improvement of forest management practices in the context of multiple climatic, environmental, and socio-economic challenges. These common characteristics have been found by applying ANOVA and multivariate statistical methods such as PCA and FA methods. A series of parameters were considered in this investigation, namely altitude (ALT), forest site type (TS), forest type (TP), consistency (CONS) etc. In order to obtain a complete image, we have also applied multivariate analysis methods that emphasize the effect size for each database parameter. At such a level of recorded data, the statistical approach ensures a factor level of p <0.001 while the accuracy in evaluating effect size is increased. As such, they influence the spreading and structure of the studied resinous stands to a higher degree, regardless of species.

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Gabriel Murariu; Lucian Dinca; Nicu Tudose; Vlad Crisan; Lucian Georgescu; Dan Munteanu; Mihai Dragu; Bogdan Rosu; George Mocanu. Structural Characteristics of the Main Resinous Stands from Southern Carpathians, Romania. Forests 2021, 12, 1029 .

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Gabriel Murariu, Lucian Dinca, Nicu Tudose, Vlad Crisan, Lucian Georgescu, Dan Munteanu, Mihai Dragu, Bogdan Rosu, George Mocanu. Structural Characteristics of the Main Resinous Stands from Southern Carpathians, Romania. Forests. 2021; 12 (8):1029.

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Gabriel Murariu; Lucian Dinca; Nicu Tudose; Vlad Crisan; Lucian Georgescu; Dan Munteanu; Mihai Dragu; Bogdan Rosu; George Mocanu. 2021. "Structural Characteristics of the Main Resinous Stands from Southern Carpathians, Romania." Forests 12, no. 8: 1029.

Journal article
Published: 30 June 2021 in Present Environment and Sustainable Development
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From the oldest times, the forest has been the main food, shelter and energy source, playing an essential role in the development of human societies. Old stands are characterized by their long life, large heights and diameters and by their help in conserving biodiversity. The surfaces occupied by old stands have decreased lately because of their wood mass high value which leads to exploitation. This is furthermore coupled with climate changes, urbanization and human influences. These stands occupy a surface of 128.500 ha in the forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau, where broad-leaved species are preponderant (Quercus sp., Fraxinus ornus, Tilia tomentosa, Acer sp.). As such, the present paper intends to characterize the oldest stands from Dobrogea’s Plateau with the help of forest management plans realized during 1993-2007. The main characteristics analyzed in this study for stands older than 120 years were: location, surface, height, diameter, structure, forest type, soil type, altitude, exposition, slope and consistency. Stand older than 100 years occupy only 4% of the total surface and are composed of linden, brown oak and pedunculate oak which grow and develop on common luvisols.

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Emilia Vechiu; Lucian Dinca; Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. Old Forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau. Present Environment and Sustainable Development 2021, 15, 171 -178.

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Emilia Vechiu, Lucian Dinca, Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. Old Forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau. Present Environment and Sustainable Development. 2021; 15 (1):171-178.

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Emilia Vechiu; Lucian Dinca; Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. 2021. "Old Forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau." Present Environment and Sustainable Development 15, no. 1: 171-178.

Conference paper
Published: 09 May 2021 in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021)
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Soils are a natural capital which support life on Earth and are responsible for many ecosystem services that are the foundation for human wellbeing. However, soils have been intensively used and subject to degradation, particularly in urban areas. The main objective of this study is: i) to give an overview of soil conditions in urban protected areas (UPAs), and ii) to provide suggestions how the nature-based solution (NBS) can enhance the soil health in three UPAs located near or in the city of Belgrade, Serbia (Byford’s and Zvezdara forests, and Avala mountain). In this study pH values and soil organic matter content were analyzed as main parameters for the soil characterization. The Byford’s and Zvezdara forests have similar slightly alkaline soil pH, while the Mt. Avala soils are slightly acidic as a consequence of geological settings. The lower content of soil organic matter (1.26%–5.73%) in the Byford’s and Zvezdara forests might be improved with appropriate management practices. Introducing the principles of the NBS (e.g., incorporation of compost and biochar) in soil management practices in the protected areas, combined with conservation and restoration of forests, can provide enhanced soil health and supporting new green infrastructure (GI). The citizens and the society would highly benefit from a network of small green areas connected with UPAs in a number of ways, such as cleaner air, mitigation of noise stress, maintaining everyday wellbeing, recreation opportunities, contribution to employment and supporting social cohesion.

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Snežana Štrbac; Carla S. S. Ferreira; Lucian C. Dincă; Nevena Antić; Gorica Veselinović; Zahra Kalantari; Milica Kašanin-Grubin. Soil Health in Urban Protected Areas and Pathways for Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021) 2021, 576 -584.

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Snežana Štrbac, Carla S. S. Ferreira, Lucian C. Dincă, Nevena Antić, Gorica Veselinović, Zahra Kalantari, Milica Kašanin-Grubin. Soil Health in Urban Protected Areas and Pathways for Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021). 2021; ():576-584.

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Snežana Štrbac; Carla S. S. Ferreira; Lucian C. Dincă; Nevena Antić; Gorica Veselinović; Zahra Kalantari; Milica Kašanin-Grubin. 2021. "Soil Health in Urban Protected Areas and Pathways for Sustainable Development." Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021) , no. : 576-584.

Journal article
Published: 14 October 2020 in Present Environment and Sustainable Development
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Hornbeam is a forest tree species widespread in our country’s plain and hill areas. Hornbeam forests can also be found in the West Plain and can be classified as smart forests. This concept, used during the last decade in worldwide silviculture, involves the existence of forests with an exceptional ecologic purpose. The present article intends to establish a set of clear and easy to identify and catalogue criteria that can be used to recognize smart hornbeam forests from the West Plain together with their characteristics. In order to achieve this, 14 site and stand characteristics were established, each with five evaluation classes. Smart hornbeam stands from the West Plain are distributed especially in Lunca Timisului, Oradea and Timisoara forest districts, at altitudes of 90-100 meters, on preluvisol and eutric cambisol. In addition, they are also present in forest plain station and in meadows, being characterised by relatively even-aged and relatively uneven-aged structures, ages between 60-70 years and by conservation forests and seed reservations production subunits.

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Lucian Dincă; Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. SMART HORNBEAM STANDS (CARPINUS BETULUS L.) FROM THE WEST PLAIN. Present Environment and Sustainable Development 2020, 14, 111 -119.

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Lucian Dincă, Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. SMART HORNBEAM STANDS (CARPINUS BETULUS L.) FROM THE WEST PLAIN. Present Environment and Sustainable Development. 2020; 14 (2):111-119.

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Lucian Dincă; Iuliana Gabriela Breabăn. 2020. "SMART HORNBEAM STANDS (CARPINUS BETULUS L.) FROM THE WEST PLAIN." Present Environment and Sustainable Development 14, no. 2: 111-119.

Journal article
Published: 22 July 2020 in Present Environment and Sustainable Development
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The Southern Carpathians are situated in the central part of Romania, between Prahova Valley and the Danube, being the highest and most massive mountains from the Romanian Carpahtians. The relief and vegetation are similar to the Alps. These mountains conserve the most representative glaciar relief from Romania, with cuaternar glaciar tracks. Some of its peaks, namely Moldoveanu, Negoiu, Parângul Mare and Peleaga exceed 2500 m. From its total 217.889 ha occupied by forests with water protection functions, the forests located on lake slopes occupy 9.746 ha, namely 5%. The forests from this area are composed of spruce (Picea abies L.H. Karst) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), accompanied by other species such as birch (Alnus glutinosa, L., Gaertn.) and pine (Pinus sp.). From the point of view of the field's orography, these forests are located on lands with an middle inclination on all exposition categories, but predominantly on the North-East, one at an average altitude of 1050 m. From the point of view of site conditions, the characteristic flora type is Asperula-Dentaria, while the main soils are dystric cambisol and eutric cambisol.

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Lucian Dincă; Voichita Timis-Gansac; Iuliana Gabriela Breaban. FOREST STANDS FROM ACCUMULATION AND NATURAL LAKES SLOPES FROM THE SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS. Present Environment and Sustainable Development 2020, 14, 1 .

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Lucian Dincă, Voichita Timis-Gansac, Iuliana Gabriela Breaban. FOREST STANDS FROM ACCUMULATION AND NATURAL LAKES SLOPES FROM THE SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS. Present Environment and Sustainable Development. 2020; 14 (1):1.

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Lucian Dincă; Voichita Timis-Gansac; Iuliana Gabriela Breaban. 2020. "FOREST STANDS FROM ACCUMULATION AND NATURAL LAKES SLOPES FROM THE SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS." Present Environment and Sustainable Development 14, no. 1: 1.

Article
Published: 20 February 2020 in Urban Ecosystems
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The role of the urban common (i.e. shared space and resources) in sustainable provisioning of goods and services to city dwellers is discussed in this paper. Focusing on tree-based green infrastructure, the study scope includes three categories of provisioning (woody biomass, food/fibre, and non-timber forest products, i.e. NTFPs), alongside three categories of supporting services (fresh water replenishment, soil nutrient restoration, building preservation). As a first step, prospects of utilizing the urban common as facilitator of nature-based solution to the earmarked provisioning services are evaluated through dedicated literature survey and expert elicitation on perceived impact of environmental change triggers and management interventions (planning and/or governance). This is followed by a structured review of the state of affairs in four European cities (London, Amsterdam, Sofia, Ljubljana), representing different macro-geographical regions with distinct socio-economic drivers in managing these provisioning services. The pan-European expert elicitation exercise noted active management of the urban common as positively impacting on the performance of the majority of provisioning services, while environmental change impacts were found to be overriding and adversely influencing the provisioning of material resources (mainly NTFPs and woody biomass). The four-city case study highlighted some regional peculiarities in connecting the city dwellers to the urban common and identified the need to overcome socio-cultural barriers for enhancing pan-European best practice sharing in the management of goods and services provisioning. This is deemed essential to pave way for an emerging perspective on sustainable utilization of the urban common as an enabler for nature-based solution, making it fit for purpose in meeting the astronomical demands of future urban living.

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Abhishek Tiwary; Ursa Vilhar; Miglena Zhiyanski; Vladimir Stojanovski; Lucian Dinca. Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective. Urban Ecosystems 2020, 23, 645 -657.

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Abhishek Tiwary, Ursa Vilhar, Miglena Zhiyanski, Vladimir Stojanovski, Lucian Dinca. Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective. Urban Ecosystems. 2020; 23 (3):645-657.

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Abhishek Tiwary; Ursa Vilhar; Miglena Zhiyanski; Vladimir Stojanovski; Lucian Dinca. 2020. "Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective." Urban Ecosystems 23, no. 3: 645-657.

Journal article
Published: 17 April 2018 in Forests
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More than a third of Romania’s surface has low-productive soils, at the same time exposed to risks of climatic phenomena and generating high economic loss. Afforestation with pine has been the most common solution for the recovery of sheet erosion. Many of the pines grown on such land have run down. This paper presents the results of the first dendroecological investigation of degraded lands in Romania, 80 years after the first ecological reconstruction. In this way, the effects of reconstruction were assessed, supporting the adoption of future solutions for the improvement and efficiency of recovered ecosystems. Reconstructed radial growth was set against rainfall, air temperature, and management history. A total of 330 black pine and Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L. and Pinus nigra Arn.) of different ages and social positions from 11 stands of different densities were cored for retrospective tree-ring analysis. Scots pine has made better use of these sites, with a better growth rate than black pine especially in plantations with lower survival and on dominant trees. The dynamics of radial growth distinguish the two pine species, with Scots pine showing an accentuated juvenile growth spurt and bigger growth range. The growth decline is predominantly a maturation effect that begins when the tree is around 40 years old and seems to be irreversible. After this age, weak or moderated removal is not enough to revive growth. The contribution of climate (air temperature and rainfall) to the last radial increments in decline is 3–57% and is higher than in the previous decades. On moderately degraded land by farming and grazing, the mixture of Scots pine and black pine, rather than monocultures, proved to be a sustainable solution. Dendrochronological surveying of restored ecosystems allows development of management strategies, which becomes critically important in the circumstances of climate warming.

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Ciprian Valentin Silvestru-Grigore; Florin Dinulică; Gheorghe Spârchez; Aureliu Florin Hălălișan; Lucian Constantin Dincă; Raluca Elena Enescu; Vlad Emil Crișan. Radial Growth Behavior of Pines on Romanian Degraded Lands. Forests 2018, 9, 213 .

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Ciprian Valentin Silvestru-Grigore, Florin Dinulică, Gheorghe Spârchez, Aureliu Florin Hălălișan, Lucian Constantin Dincă, Raluca Elena Enescu, Vlad Emil Crișan. Radial Growth Behavior of Pines on Romanian Degraded Lands. Forests. 2018; 9 (4):213.

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Ciprian Valentin Silvestru-Grigore; Florin Dinulică; Gheorghe Spârchez; Aureliu Florin Hălălișan; Lucian Constantin Dincă; Raluca Elena Enescu; Vlad Emil Crișan. 2018. "Radial Growth Behavior of Pines on Romanian Degraded Lands." Forests 9, no. 4: 213.