%0 Journal Article
%T Quality and Assortment Structure of Beech High Forests in Serbia
%A KOPRIVICA
%A Milo£¿
%A MATOVI£¿
%A Bratislav
%A £¿OKE£¿A
%A Vlado
%A STAJI£¿
%A Sne£¿ana
%J Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica
%D 2010
%I 
%X The paper presents research results on quality and assortment structure of uneven-agedbeech high forests in Central Serbia. Eleven representative stands of submontane beech forest(Fagenion moesiacae submontanum B. Jov. 1976 ) and montane beech forest (Fagenion moesiacaemontanum B. Jov. 1976) were selected. Their altitude ranges from 450 m to 1350 m. Site class rangesfrom I/II to III/IV, canopy closure from 0.7 to 0.9 and volume from 290 m3/ha to 522 m3/ha. Total areaof 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 and45% is class three. From the aspect of forest utilization 37% of the volume is class one, 34% is classtwo, 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 beechhigh forests in Serbia have unfavourable quality and assortment structure. This situation should beimproved in future by taking adequate management measures.
%K European beech
%K stand volume
%K stand structure
%K wood quality
%K assortments
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