Scholarly record
THE SILVICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF YOUNG GROWTH TENDING QUALITY IN STATE FORESTS IN LATVIA
Abstract
The main goal of young forest tending is to create suitable forest stands with desired structure of tree species and certain number of trees for ensuring of sufficient growth space. Tending needs to be done both in naturally and artificially regenerated young forest stands by creating composition of forest stand and releasing space for growth of most perspective trees, which is done by removing trees of poor quality and one lagged behind in growth. Thus tending has a great impact on creating productive forest of high quality. The research is carried out to estimate the quality of Scots pine and Norway spruce young growths after tending. There is analyzed accordance of species composition to forest site type, number of trees, compared the average dendrometrical indicators before and after tending, estimated quality of landscape. It is obtained that tending of young stands has great impact to dendrometrical indicators and that tending of young forest stands in Latvian state forests accords to ecological and silvicultural criteria of forestry. The most important values of stands dendrometrical criteria has enlarged two times after the tending. The stand's vitality is valued as good. However there should be more attention paid to elaboration of the concept of an optimal tree stand's density.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References7
Publiskais parskats (Public report). Retrieved February 10, 2019, from https://www.zm.gov.lv/public/files/CMS_Static_Page_Doc/00/00/01/28/25/Publiskais_parskats_2017.pdf. (in Latvian)
Valsts meza dienests (State Forest Service). Retrieved January 11, 2019, from www.vmd.gov.lv. (in Latvian)
Zalitis P., Libiete Z, Jansons J. Kokaudzu augsana musdienigi veidotas jaunaudzes (Growth of tree stands in modernly formed young growths), Akademiskais apgads “Saule”, 117 pp. 2017. (in Latvian)
Donis J., Dreija K., Libiete Z. Mezsaimniecibas un meza estetisko un rekreacijas pakalpojumu mijiedarbiba (Interaction between agricultural and forestry aesthetic and recreational services). Mezsaimniecības ietekme uz meza un saistīto ekosistemu pakalpojumiem. Parskats par petijuma 2017. gada rezultatiem. 2018. Liguma numurs 5-5.5_006_101_16_6, pp. 234-243. Retrieved April 15, 2019, from http://www.silava.lv/userfiles/file/Projektu%20parskati/2017_Libiete_LVM_EP_bezapt.pdf. (in Latvian)
Meza atjaunosanas, meza ieaudzesanas un plantaciju mezu noteikumi (Regulations for forest regeneration, afforestation and plantation forests). Ministru kabineta 2012. gada 2. maija noteikumi. Nr. 308. Retrieved January 10, 2019, from https://likumi. lv/ta/id/247349-meza-atjaunosanas-meza-ieaudzesanas-un-plantaciju-meza-noteikumi. (in Latvian)
Atjaunosana un kopsana (Regeneration and tending). Retrieved January 7, 2019, from www.lvm.lv. (in Latvian)
Meza inventarizacijas un meza valsts registra informacijas aprites noteikumi (Rules of Forest Inventory and Information Circulation in the State Forest Register). Ministru kabineta 2016. gada 21. julija noteikumi Nr. 384. Retrieved January 15, 2019, from https://likumi.lv/ta/id/283091-mezainventarizacijas-un-meza-valsts-registra informacijas -aprites-noteikumi. (in Latvian)
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
