Correlation of forest road network density and the production of forest assortments in Serbia in the period 1991-2000

Abstract

The dependence of the scope of production of the definite forest products (total felling volume, round wood, cordwood, felling waste, waste percentage) in Serbia was analyzed for the period 1991-2000, in relation to the changes of forest road network density. It was concluded that, with the change of forest road network density, the total felling volume, round wood and cordwood decreases, while the quantity of felling waste and its percentage in the total production are not in correlation. This is opposite to the expected which points to the paradox in these relations in the study period