Inventory of dead wood in the Kněhyně-Čertův mlýn National Nature Reserve, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids

Abstract

In four permanent experimental plots, dead wood was inventory under conditions of mountain forest ecosystems of the Kněhyně- Čertův mlýn National Nature Reserve, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. Down woody material, standing dead trees as well as living trees were recorded. Data obtained were used to determine partial and summarized volumes of dead wood and its proportion in a living stand. Each of the surveyed areas was described not only from the viewpoint of mensuration but also with respect to subsequently carried out studies of biodiversity of wood mycoflora, succession of decomposition processes, natural regeneration on the dead wood etc. Mean volume of dead wood and a share in the total standing volume reaches 132 m 3/ha(40%), of this 86 m3/ha is down woody material and 46 m3/ha volume of standing dead trees. Mean total standing volume per ha amounted to 332 m3/ha in the region of the Kněhyně- Čertův mlýn NNR.