%0 Journal Article %T Estimation of Biomass in a Submontane Beech High Forest in Serbia %A KOPRIVICA %A Milo£¿ %A MATOVI£¿ %A Bratislav %A JOVI£¿ %A £¿or£¿e %J Acta Silvatica & Lignaria Hungarica %D 2010 %I %X The analysed submontane beech forest (Fagenion moesiacae submontanum B. Jov. 1976)is situated in Eastern Serbia (Majdan-Kucajna, compartment 33a). Stand area is 22.7 ha. Its altitude is410-520 m and the slope is 7¨C28¡ã. Parent rock consists of dense limestone, and the soil iscalcocambisol. The stand is uneven-aged, managed under group selection, with a volume percentageof beech is 97%. Other statistics of the stand are: site class II, canopy closure 0.9, mean diameter39.4 cm, and Lorey¡¯s mean height 31.0 m. For biomass evaluation, circular sample plots of 500 m2size were used with the area intensity of 5%. While the aboveground biomass amounts to 337.69tons/ha or 85.9%, belowground biomass makes 55.49 tons/ha or 14.1% of the total biomass. Theproportion of timber in the aboveground biomass is 89.7%, brushwood 9.3% and leaves 1.0%.Estimation of biomass of the uneven-aged beech high forest was based on the results of investigationson European beech in Central/Western Europe. %K European beech %K Fagus moesiaca %K uneven-aged stand %K biomass %K allometry %U http://aslh.nyme.hu/fileadmin/dokumentumok/fmk/acta_silvatica/cikkek/Vol06-2010/15_korpivica_p.pdf