Quality and Assortment Structure of Beech High Forests in Serbia

Koprivica, Miloš and Matović, Bratislav and Čokeša, Vlado and Stajić, Snežana (2010) Quality and Assortment Structure of Beech High Forests in Serbia. ACTA SILVATICA ET LIGNARIA HUNGARICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL IN FOREST, WOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 6 (1). pp. 183-194. ISSN 1786-691X

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Abstract

The paper presents research results on quality and assortment structure of uneven-aged beech high forests in Central Serbia. Eleven representative stands of submontane beech forest (Fagenion moesiacae submontanum B. Jov. 1976 ) and montane beech forest (Fagenion moesiacae montanum B. Jov. 1976) were selected. Their altitude ranges from 450 m to 1350 m. Site class ranges from I/II to III/IV, canopy closure from 0.7 to 0.9 and volume from 290 m3/ha to 522 m3/ha. Total area of the stands is 241.9 ha. Sample plots of 500 m2 were established in a systematic grid of 100 x 100 m. From silvicultural aspect, 16% of the standing volume (384 m3/ha) is class one, 39% is class two and 45% is class three. From the aspect of forest utilization 37% of the volume is class one, 34% is class two, 19% is class three, and 10% is class four. In the assortment structure of the average stand volume, industrial wood accounts for 42%, cordwood 48% and waste 10%. It has been concluded that beech high forests in Serbia have unfavourable quality and assortment structure. This situation should be improved in future by taking adequate management measures.

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