Wpływ jakości siedliska na dynamikę wydzielania brzozy na gruntach porolnych

Paper discusses the influence of site quality on self−thinning process in silver birch stands growing on abandoned farmlands in Mazowieckie region (central Poland). Number of trees in a stand decreases with increasing age. The better the site (the higher site index value), the higher number of trees can be observed. However at the age of 10 difference between sites of various quality (site index) become insignificant. There is no need to include site index into the self−thinning models for young silver birch stands.