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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 594-605Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.051
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Italian stone pine; Pinewoods; Quantile regression; Physical and psychological benefits; Italy
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- project Innovative models for the analysis of ecosystem services of forests in urban and periurban context - NEUFOR - Italian Ministry of University and Research [PRIN 2012 - 2012K3A2HJ]
- research project Sviluppo di modelli innovativi per it monitoraggio multiscala degli indicatori di servizi ecosistemici nelle foreste Mediterranee - FIRB2012 program of the Italian Ministry of University and Research
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Forests are widely recognized as important landscape elements which contribute to human health and well-being. They provide benefits derived from direct and indirect experiences of contact with nature by reducing psychological and physical stress, thus creating positive feelings and facilitating the recovery of psychological resources. In order to establish or manage forests for recreational purposes, it is essential to know which forest stand structure features and indicators are linked to actual or perceived psychological restoration. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between individual factors, perceived restorativeness, stand structure attributes and self-reported physical-psychological benefits obtained when visiting woodlands in urban or peri-urban areas especially coastal Italian stone pine forests using a quantile regression approach. Perceived restorativeness components such as 'being-away', 'fascination' and 'compatibility' emerged as significant predictors of visitors' perceived psychological benefits, showing a positive and significant association in all of the quantiles under study. Stand density, measured by basal area per hectare of understory trees and shrubs negatively influences the perception of the benefits obtained, holding constant the other covariates.
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