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For the observed period, the site was estimated to be a carbon sink, with the exception of the<br />

unmanaged forest that, <strong>di</strong>fferently from the other stands, were measured until end of season<br />

(October). Anyhow, the annual carbon balance can be assessed after a full year of sampling<br />

inclu<strong>di</strong>ng also the winter season.<br />

The multi-methodological approach to the study of carbon cycle has allowed to investigate the<br />

various factors that <strong>di</strong>fferently affect the dynamics of the ecosystem. In this study, the integration<br />

of multiple methods, such as structural analysis, forest inventories, fluxes and<br />

micrometeorological measurements allowed to relate the <strong>di</strong>fferent aspects of the carbon cycle<br />

with the factors, mainly climatic and structural, that influenced the dynamics after management<br />

operations and along time.<br />

These tools, when in<strong>di</strong>vidually applied, are not able to describe in the same way the complexity<br />

of the forest response to the mo<strong>di</strong>fied ecological con<strong>di</strong>tions after management. Understan<strong>di</strong>ng the<br />

effects of harvest on the carbon balance and its temporal dynamics is necessary for implementing<br />

sustainable forest management.<br />

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