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Poplar
2022, Issue 209, p. 13-23

Original scientific paper
DOI: 10.5937/topola2209013D
UDC: 633.872(497.11)

Impact of orography and stand canopy on stand volume in pure uneven-aged beech stands


Todor Đorem 1*, Boban Miletić 1, Bratislav Matović 2, Zoran Galić 2, Saša Orlović 2, Marko Gutalj 1, Stefan Bojić 1, Branislav Filipić 3


1 University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Novi Sad, Serbia
3 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad, Serbia

Corresponding author:
Todor Đorem, E-mail: todor.djorem@pof.ues.rs.ba


Abstract

European beech is one of the most important and most common tree species in Europe, which have extremely wide amplitude in sense of horizontal and vertical distribution. In Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) represents one of the most important tree species from an economic and ecological point of view, because it's constituting significant areas of highly productive pure and mixed forests. The main goal of this research is to determine the influence of orography (slope, aspect, elevation, and spatial distribution-climate zone) and one stand characteristic (canopy) on stand volume in pure uneven-aged beech stands. The existence of the aforementioned influence was analyzed using multi-factor ANOVA (Type II sums of squares). The research was conducted on 20 localities (grouped in 3 climatic zones). One in the eastern part of Serbia on 8 localities (Moesian province), second in the eastern part of Republika Srpska on 7 localities (Illyrian-Moesian province), and third in the northwestern part of Republika Srpska on 5 localities (Illyrian province). The obtained results showed that only slope (p≤0.1) and canopy (p≤0.001) have a statistically significant impact on stand volume in pure beech stands.


Keywords: beech, stand volume, slope, aspect, elevation, climate

Supplementary Information: Electronic supplementary material is available at the following LINK.

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