Due to climate change, forest management decisions are becoming increasingly challenging. In permanent research plots in the Krašica, we investigated the effects of different thinning intensities on stand structure, growth and stability. The study included stand A, which had been heavily thinned in the past, stand B, which had been lightly
thinned, and control stand C, which had not been thinned. We found that the control stand had the best increments, while stand B had the lowest increments. Based on the dimensional ratio calculations, we found that thinning had a positive effect on stability, with stands A and B proving to be more stable than the control stand. Three variations of thinning were carried out with marteloscope and the results compared. In the plots we found differences in thinning intensity as well as density and average diameter of crop trees and their competitors.
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