Tasks and importance of forest growth and production for ecology and forestry

Abstract

A distinctive change of environment condition on both, global and local level, affects real and potential, economy and ecological effects of biomass production. Contemporary planning in forestry, wood process industry, agriculture, tourism and in many other commercial branches, which are directly dependent on various functions of forest ecosystems, has to rely on real information on current condition and the character of production, tendency of growth, vitality and stability of forest ecosystems. This paper presents some of the most significant research aspects relating to growth and production, which provide forestry and society with relevant and concrete parameters for solving numerous problems and perplexities referring to the use of forest ecosystems.