Analysis of habitat and structural characteristics and optimization of silvicultural measures in coppice beech forest at the site "Music´I" near Sarajevo.
Coppice beech forests in BiH covers an area of 351,000 ha which is about 13 % of the total area of forests and forest land. Production capacity under these forest habitats are not fully utilized and it is necessary silvicultural operations to improve their condition. This work investigates the structural characteristics of the habitat and coppice beech forest before and after thinning the example Musići tree coppice forests at the site near Sarajevo. The 60 year coppice beech forest were set up two experimental plots on which they are carried out in two ways thinning: selective thinning and selective thinning with cuting residual trees from stump. Habitat and structural characteristics have a decisive importance in choosing the way of translation tree coppice forests in the form of higher breeding. Thinning need to accommodate the situation in which the tree coppice forests located. Selective thinning with cuting residual trees in the lower tree floor should be given a basis for future measures in the care coppice beech.