Journal of Forest Science, 2015 (vol. 61), issue 1
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J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):I-II | DOI: 10.17221/10768-JFS 
Effects of livestock exclusion on forest trees regeneration (Case study: Ramsar's district 1- Iran)Original Paper
I. Hassanzad Navroodi
J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):1-6 | DOI: 10.17221/30/2014-JFS
In order to study the effect of livestock removal on forest regeneration in Ramsar district 1- Mazandaran Province, the compartment 23 with area of 96 ha was selected. The required data were collected for two separate years (2000 and 2009) and compared together. To assess the regeneration abundance, analysis were carried out in both years using systematic random sampling with network dimensions of 150×200 m and sample plot of 100 m2. Within each sample plot, regeneration conditions were categorized in 4 classes: seedling with height less than 1.30 m, diameter at breast height 0-2.5, 2.5-7.5 and 7.5-12.5 cm. Results showed that the regeneration...
Beech bark necrotic disease (Fagus sylvatica L.) of tracheomycotic type in Central and South-eastern EuropeOriginal Paper
I. Mihál, A. Cicák, H. Tsakov
J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):7-17 | DOI: 10.17221/82/2013-JFS
The authors present results of long term monitoring of beech stems bark necrotic disease of maternal stand in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. Overall, 10,863 beech trees were evaluated at 121 localities. The most trees (6679) were evaluated at 55 localities in Slovakia and 2684 trees at 50 localities in Bulgaria. In each country, we noted a wide interval of values of the beech stems necrotization index (ISN) - e.g. in Bulgaria, from 0.22 to 1.50 and in Slovakia from 0.53 to 1.97. The average value ISN in Slovakia (1.22) was out of all countries surpassed only by a value ISN found...
Review of historical outbreaks of the nun moth with respect to host tree speciesOriginal Paper
O. Nakládal, H. Brinkeová
J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):18-26 | DOI: 10.17221/94/2014-JFS
The nun moth (Lymantria monacha /L./) is a polyphagous pest feeding on coniferous and deciduous trees in Eurasia. This paper, based on a literature review, presents an overview of the nun moth outbreaks in Czech forests from 1784 to 2010 in terms of host tree species. At least 22 genera of host trees, bushes and herbs were recorded in the Czech Republic. On the other hand 2 genera were evaluated like non-hosts and 4 genera like indifferent. The nun moth defoliated mainly coniferous forests (almost 90 % of all recorded outbreaks with known data about host trees) in the Czech Republic. Forests with mixture of coniferous and deciduous trees were...
The effect of coppice management on the structure, tree growth and soil nutrients in temperate TurkeyOriginal Paper
M. Šrámek, D. Volařík, A. Ertas, R. Matula
J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):27-34 | DOI: 10.17221/91/2014-JFS
Coppicing was widespread throughout Europe for many centuries but was largely abandoned in the second half of the 19th century. Currently, there has been a renewed interest in coppicing for biomass production and nature conservation. We studied differences in soil chemistry and tree growth between active and abandoned coppices to highlight the impacts of coppice restoration on soil fertility and tree. Stand structure, collected soil samples and tree cores were compared on 46 research plots in temperate Turkey. The plots were set as actively managed and abandoned coppice stand. In our study no effect of coppicing on growth rate was confirmed. Active...
Effects of light exposure in freezing temperatures on winter damage to foliage of Norway spruce container seedlings in mid and late winter: Pilot experiments in an open fieldOriginal Paper
J. Heiskanen, S. Sutinen, J. Hyvönen
J. For. Sci., 2015, 61(1):35-44 | DOI: 10.17221/97/2014-JFS
Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) is widely planted for reforestation in the boreal zone. It is sensitive to frost and high irradiance during the growing season, and also to winter damage, which cause growth losses in reforestation. This study made a pilot attempt to examine the needle damage and seedling vigour on hardened Norway spruce seedlings under freezing temperatures using natural and artificial light exposure from a day to weeks in an open field in mid and late winter in central Finland. The treatments induced needle browning and decreased seedling vigour, which reduced shoot and root growth during the following growing season....