Forest type (tree species) | Management type/silvicultural methods/regeneration | Products and uses | Risks and pests | Protection measures/ biodiversity conservation/ genetic diversity | Actions to face climate change | |
Products (wood and non-wood) | Functions/ services | |||||
FIR (Abies cephalonica, × Abies borissi regis, A. alba) | Seedling stands/unevenaged, all age classes/shelterwood regeneration (single tree selection, small group selection) (rotation period 80 - 120 years) | round wood (sawn timber), power poles, paper pulp, honey production | soil protection, water balance, bee feeding, wild life, landscape enhancement | wild fires, landslides, overgrazing, bark beetles, roor-rot fungi, climate change, illegal cuttings | wild fire preventive actions, control grazing, in situ conservation, maintain viable population sizes in isolated/remnant populations/natural hybrids Abies cephalonica × A. alba (×Abies borissi regis), conserve inter/intra-population diversity (in situ) | enhance mixture with broadleaves (e.g. oak, beech), remove died trees/sanitary actions, |
NORWAY SPRUCE (Picea abies) | Seedling stands/ evenaged, uneven aged, all age classes/intense shelterwood in groups (large or small) regeneration (rotation period 80 - 120 years) | round wood (sawn timber), power poles, paper pulp | soil protection, water balance, wild life, landscape enhancement | bark beetles, roor-rot fungi, climate change | in situ conservation (the south limit of spruce distribution in the Balkans), maintain viable population sizes in isolated/ remnant populations | enhance mixture with broadleaves or conifers(e.g. beech, scots pine), remove died trees/ sanitary actions, |
SCOTS PINE (Pinus sylvestris) | Seedling stands/ evenaged, unevenaged stands/shelterwood regeneration (in large area, in strips) (rotation period 80 - 100 years, for power poles 50) | round wood (sawn timber), fencing poles, power poles, paper pulp, | soil protection, water balance, wild life, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement | overgrazing, roor-rot fungi, illegal cuttings, climate change | control grazing, in situ conservation (the south limit of scots pinedistribution in the Balkans), maintain viable population sizes in isolated populations | enhance mixture with broadleaves (e.g. beech, oak), remove died trees (sanitary actions) |
BLACK PINE (Pinus nigra) | Seedling stands/ evenaged, unevenaged stands/shelterwood regeneration (crown closure 0.4 - 0.6, in large area or in strips) (rotation period 80 - 120 years) | round wood (sawn timber), power poles, paper pulp | soil protection, water balance, wild life, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement | Wild fires, overgrazing, roor-rot fungi, illegal cuttings, climate change | control grazing, in situ conservation (the south limit of black pinedistribution in the Balkans), maintain viable population sizes in isolated populations | enhance mixture with broadleaves (e.g. beech, oak), remove died trees (sanitary actions) |
BOSNIAN PINE (Pinus heldreichii) | Seedling stands/ evenaged, unevenaged stands/shelterwood regeneration (crown closure 0.4 - 0.6, in small groups or in strips) (rotation period 80 - 120 years) | round wood (sawn timber), power poles, paper pulp, wood craft, wooden barrels | soil protection, water balance, wild life, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement | overgrazing, illegal cuttings, climate change | control grazing, in situ conservation (the south limit of Bosnian pinedistribution in the Balkans), maintain viable population sizes in isolated populations | maintain viable population sizes in isolated populations, maintain intra- and inter-population genetic diversity |
HALLEPO & CALABRIAN PINE (Pinus halepensis & P. brutia) | Seedling stands/ evenaged, unevenaged stands/clear cuts with standards (seed trees) or shelterwood regeneration (in large areas) (rotation period 50 - 100 years | round wood (sawn timber), fencing poles, fuelwood, resin production, honey production, firewood, boat construction | soil protection, wild life, biodiversity conservation, landscape enhancement | wild fires, overgrazing, wood-rot fungi (due to wounding for resin), illegal cuttings, climate change | Fire prevention, remove surplus biomass, control grazing, in situ conservation (inter/intra population diversity, natural hybridization), biodiversity conservation (understory woody species, aromatic/medicinal herbs), | enhance mixture with broadleaves (e.g. Quercus pubescens, Q. ilex, Fraxinus ornus) |