Wpływ osłony drzewostanu górnego i cięć odsłaniających na wzrost i przyrost wysokości podrostów podokapowych sosny w Lasach Pilskich

The paper analyses the height growth and the of height increment of the 18 year−old pine advance regeneration under the shelter of varying canopy densities. A significant effect was found of the stocking of the parental stand on the growth of generation. The height increment increased in response to removal cutting (60% in the second year and 80% in the third year after treatment). In drought years, the greatest relative decrease in height growth of the young−growth stands (by ca 40−60%) occurred in the stands of the greatest canopy closure while it did not occur in the stands to which a removal cutting was applied immediately before the drought year.