Estimation of Biomass in a Submontane Beech High Forest in Serbia

Koprivica, Miloš and Matović, Bratislav and Jović, Ðorđe (2010) Estimation of Biomass in a Submontane Beech High Forest in Serbia. ACTA SILVATICA ET LIGNARIA HUNGARICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL IN FOREST, WOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 6 (1). pp. 161-170. ISSN 1786-691X

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Abstract

The analysed submontane beech forest (Fagenion moesiacae submontanum B. Jov. 1976) is situated in Eastern Serbia (Majdan-Kučajna, compartment 33a). Stand area is 22.7 ha. Its altitude is 410-520 m and the slope is 7–28°. Parent rock consists of dense limestone, and the soil is calcocambisol. The stand is uneven-aged, managed under group selection, with a volume percentage of beech is 97%. Other statistics of the stand are: site class II, canopy closure 0.9, mean diameter 39.4 cm, and Lorey’s mean height 31.0 m. For biomass evaluation, circular sample plots of 500 m2 size were used with the area intensity of 5%. While the aboveground biomass amounts to 337.69 tons/ha or 85.9%, belowground biomass makes 55.49 tons/ha or 14.1% of the total biomass. The proportion of timber in the aboveground biomass is 89.7%, brushwood 9.3% and leaves 1.0%. Estimation of biomass of the uneven-aged beech high forest was based on the results of investigations on European beech in Central/Western Europe.

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