Kluczowe problemy współczesnego leśnictwa

The paper discusses conditions and problems concerning natural regeneration of pine in the „Puszcza Białowieska” Promotional Forest Complex. The studies on pine regeneration established from self−seeding were carried out on permanent experimental plots occupied by fresh and fresh mixed coniferous forests site types. A space filling index used in the experiment was to define space occupied by pine regeneration the so−called „height sum”. A significance test of differences in mean values between the abundance and height sum (t−Student's test) was used for each experimental variant within the forests site types. Natural regeneration in the Białowieża Forest occurs infrequently. It can be found mainly in loose pine stands growing in fresh coniferous forest site types. Pine naturally regenerates most successfully in fresh and fresh mixed coniferous forest site types, on fenced clear−cuts with a few reserved trees, with soil prepared in furrows and well−performed tending treatments, as well as in pine stands with stocking 0.4 providing that the same conditions are maintained. The primary condition for successful natural regeneration of pine in the Białowieża Forest is its protection against animals in the form of fencing.