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Due to the need to ensure protection of the forest environment against so−called forestry damage, the Polish legislator introduced a number of legal solutions (both in the field of criminal law and the law of misdemeanors), aimed at eliminating human behaviors that harm the forest as a priceless good. Despite the multiplicity of legal regulations, in practice there are situations of improper use (i...
The dynamics of plant communities is an important issue for sustainable forest management. In case of several parallel dynamic tendencies occurring within a group of research objects similar to each other, their demarcation may be difficult. The aim of the research was to check the applicability of numerical classification to distinguish the dynamic trends of plant communities on the example of multidirectional...
A dynamic process of mortality of Norway spruce stands in south−west Poland, mainly in the Sudety Mts. was observed in 2015. It was associated with an insufficient amount of precipitation in the growing season. This process was intensified by the outbreak of insects, especially bark beetles. The aim of the paper was to verify the hypothesis that the application of the stand damage risk model allows...
Naturally regenerated silver birch is one of the most abundant competitor for planted seedlings in central Poland. The effect of the interaction between planted oak seedlings and naturally regenerated birch was studied in 14−17−years−old sessile oak stand. The experiment was established at stand age of 14−years. At that time, there were around 4000 oaks and 10000 birches per hectare. A sample of dominant...
The catch rate and body length of Anoplotrupes stercorosus and Trypocopris vernalis were studied in 2018 on permanent plots established in 2003 in Scots pine stands left for spontaneous succession in the Piska Forest (N Poland). The plots comprised treatment A – severely disturbed stands (canopy cover of 10−30%), treatment B – moderately disturbed stands (canopy cover of 40−60%) and treatment C –...
The aim of the study was to present two issues concerning forests in the Sudety Mts. (SW Poland): 1) the process of tree mortality in individual years in the period between 2002 and 2018, as well as 2) the analysis of the radial growth of the main tree species (i.e. spruce, larch, beech, fir and Douglas fir). The intensity of the process of tree mortality is evidenced by the volume of wind−broken...
The wood present in trade in Poland named as ‘Siberian larch’, in fact belongs to two tree species: Larix sibirica Ledeb. and Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen. The term itself is rather associated with the origin of wood. While Larix sibirica wood is the subject of many research, characteristics of Larix gmelinii still require additions. The main aim of this paper was to describe the technical properties...
The article presents the assessment of occupational safety in Polish forestry in the period of 2009−2016. The basic criteria for analysis of accident rate were based on the form of the statistical card of accident at work. The research analysed the data about accidents at work published by the Central Statistical Office in Poland. The aim of the research was: (i) to determine the variability of the...
Scots pine is the most common tree species in Poland with the share in the species structure of Polish forests exceeding 58%. The most dangerous pathogen of this species is Phellinus pini (Brot.) Pilát), which causes the white pocket rot (also called red ring rot) of pine heartwood. It is estimated that as a result of the fungus’s activity, about 8% of annually harvested pine stems is damaged and...
In the last decades, we observed significant changes in the tree species composition in all layers of close−to−natural stands. Since the 1970s, the Forest Research Institute has collected and stored dataset from stand measurements, phytosociological and other research that are the basis for the long−term monitoring of vegetation. The aim of the research was to determine the directions of changes in...
Field elm (Ulmus minor Mill.) is distributed mainly across central and southern Europe. In Poland this species occurs in the lowlands and foothills, where it grows mainly in the floodplain forests along the rivers. U. minor exists in a variety of climatic and ecological conditions. It is capable to tolerate floods as well as drought. Currently, most populations of U. minor are small and fragmented...
In June 2016, a hurricane damaged the forests of the Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Białystok (eastern Poland), resulting in the removal of approximately 1.9 million cubic meters of wind−fallen and wind−broken trees and deadwood by the end of 2018. The research material was obtained from the database of the State Forests Information System and used to assess the functioning of the wind...
The objective of the study was to determine whether differences exist between the selected characteristics of Norway spruce cones and seeds depending on their location in the crown. The study was performed in two spruce tree stands growing under mountainous conditions (the Beskidy Mountains, southern Poland). In winter 2015, the cones were collected from 60 standing trees located in the two selected...
Taper models are used to determine the diameter along the trunk and allow to determine the tree trunk volume or volume of any part of it. The paper presents the method of determining the thickness of bark along the trunk using compatible taper models. Four taper models with different levels of complexity were analyzed based on data from 13 sample plots and 39 sample trees measured in black locust...
Black cherry is an important invasive species in forest ecosystems in Poland. It developed mainly in Scots pine stands. The aim of the study was to identify microscopic fungi colonies inhabiting black cherry stumps. In the spring of 2017, wood samples were collected from stumps created after cutting in each subsequent month of 2016 in the Podanin Forest District (19°28′00″E, 52°04′00″N). Stumps up...
The aim of the study was to determine quality of wood of 40−year old poplar cultivars introduced onto the external spoil dump of the Bełchatów Field and subjected to various reclamation systems. The research was carried out on the 1/78 trial plot located on the northern slope of the external spoil dump of the Bełchatów Field (central Poland). The dump was the result of the rock (predominantly sand)...
The paper analysed Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn concentration in bottom sediments of fourteen retention reservoirs located in the Oborniki and Taczanów forest districts (western Poland). The sediments were collected in March and April 2018 from a surface layer with a thickness of 5 cm. Heavy metal determination was performed using inductively coupled plasma with mass detection (ICP−QQQ) method. The aim...
The article presents methods for standardizing the costs of the silvicultural treatments (renewals and afforestation, corrections and additions, tending). Our scope included the statistical determination of factors shaping the costs of selected works, elaborating methods of their standardization, assessment of these methods suitability for determining standard unit costs of selected silvicultural...
The paper presents the research carried out using a questionnaire survey in Krynki Forest District, a forest area constituting an important place of rest for the residents of Białystok (NE Poland). A sample of 239 respondents was divided into two groups: 135 (56,5%) people visited the forest district for the first time, while for 104 ones (43,5%) it was the subsequent visit. To verify the differences...
Planned forest management is carried out based on the forest management planning (PUL) operations prepared for a 10−year economic period. The economic expertise may omit a detailed organizational analysis of the company, as well as indications regarding the search for strategic solutions. The following study aims to present a method for analysing the economic consequences of forest management activities...
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