Different approaches to the classification of vertical structure in homogeneous and heterogeneous forests

V. Šebeň and M. Bošeľa
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V. Šebeň: National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
M. Bošeľa: National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia

Journal of Forest Science, 2010, vol. 56, issue 4, 171-176

Abstract: The paper shows difficulties in the evaluation of the forest status when considering forests with different height structure (uneven-aged forests). It is the main problem in categorizing such forests. Concerning the actual forest management conception in Slovakia, it is assumed that the area of forests with close-to-nature management system will increase. It leads to more structured forests, as for the tree species, age, height, as well as the spatial structure. The typical vertically homogeneous forests account for only 50% of all Slovak forests, according to results from the National Forest Inventory in Slovakia (NFI SR). During the processing of NFI data the stands were divided into 2 classes as follows: (i) vertically homogeneous stands, which are classified into nine growth stages; (ii) vertically heterogeneous stands, which are classified into two growth stages (lower and advanced), and stands in the process of regeneration. New approaches are not based on the visual subjective estimation of forest homogeneity, but on objective analyses of measured values from inventory plots (tree heights, diameters, and age). The paper shows a new approach to the classification of forest stands on an example of the variability of measured heights on inventory plots from NFI.

Keywords: height variability; forest status survey; NFI; structural classification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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