Quality and Assortment Structure of Beech High Forests in Serbia

• Published in: Acta silvatica & lignaria Hungarica Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 183 - 194
• Main Authors: Koprivica, Miloš, Matović, Bratislav, Čokeša, Vlado, Stajić, Snežana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2010
• ISSN: 1786-691X; 1787-064X
• DOI: 10.37045/aslh-2010-0016

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.