Resources of dead wood on surfaces for long-term research in the Kampinos National Park

The research covered 46 areas (each 400 sq.m) located in nine regions of the Kampinos National Park. This research is the result of field work carried out three times in years: 2007, 2012 and 2018. Dead wood measurements are one of the elements of testing on solid surfaces, which also includes vegetation, soil and stand. The average dead wood content in the Kampinos National Park over the past 11 years on long-term surfaces increased by 53% (from averages 35.59 m3/ha in 2007 to 54.37 m3/ha in 2018). Areas located in strictly protected zones showed greater abundance of dead wood in relation to the surface in active protection, and this difference is significant. On the surfaces covered by both forms of protection, during 11 years of research an increase in dead wood resources was noted, but only in areas covered by active protection it was statistically significant. In terms of the type of stand, oak stands with the average thickness of standing and lying wood in 2018 amounting to 110.70 m3/ha are the richest in dead wood, and the poorest pine stands with an average of 20.07 m3/ha. The results obtained on solid surfaces indicate a much greater richness of dead wood in the forests of the Kampinos National Park compared to the lowland state forests. However, due to the relatively small number of areas covered by the study, this work contributes to the knowledge of dead wood resources in this area and does not exhaust the need for a complete inventory.