Objetivo IN THE FRAMEWORK OF STUDY OF THE BLACK LOCUST WOOD SYSTEM, AQUATER, IN COOPERATION WITH IPLA AND POLITECHNICO DI TORINO WILL INVESTIGATE LAND TYPES AND THE LAND SUITABILITY FOR BLACK LOCUST. THE TWO AIMS TO BE ACHIEVED ARE THE FOLLOWING : - DEFINITION OF THE SITE INDICESS FOR BLACK LOCUST, - CORRELATION BETWEEN SITE INDICE AND LAND TYPES IN ORDER TO EXTRAPOLATE GEOGRAPHICALLY THE BLACK LOCUST RESULTS. THE WORK PHASES ARE THE FOLLOWING : A)INVENTORY OF THE BLACK LOCUST WOODS THROUGH PHOTOINTERPRETATION AND CONTROLS B) ENVIRONMENT SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATOLOGY AND PEDOLOGY , IN ORDER TO DEFINE THE LAND TYPES C) SELECTION OF THE TEST AREAS D) DENDROMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION BY MEANS OF DOMINANT HEIGHT AGAINST AGE (SITE INDEX) AND BY MEANS OF THE TOTAL STAND VOLUME CORRELATED WITH THE SITE INDEX. E) LAND CHARACTERIZATION BY MEANS OF THE VARIABLES INVOLVED IN SOIL, SITE AND CLIMATE. F) BIOMASS CALCULATION FOR EACH CURVE OF SITE INDEX. IT HAS BE STRESSED THAT THE LAND TYPE IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE, BECAUSE IN THIS CONCEPT IT BECOMES SYNONYMOUS WITH MANAGEMENT TYPE. Programa(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador Aquater SpA - Societá per la Geologia, Idrogeologia e Interventi sul Suolo Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 61047 SAN LORENZO IN CAMPO (PS) Italia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos