Abstract: The District Forestry of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Schleswig-Holstein) changed silvicultural system in beech forests from "shelterwood with delayed clearance" to "group selection felling" due to economic, political and nature conservation reasons. The comparison of both systems showed advantages of group selection system regarding growth of valuable large diameter trees and higher overall income of about 10%, but small loss of regeneration growth and quality due to the effects of edging. The ecological values are in favour of group selection system due to similarities in forest horizontal structure withold-growth forest.Published in DiRROS: 17.11.2020; Views: 841; Downloads: 201 Full text (279,78 KB)
