Abstract
The area of eastern Serbia was hit by a natural disaster, specifically an ice disaster, in the winter of 2014 which caused great damage to forest trees. The subject of this research is the state-owned natural forests and artificially raised stands within the Moravian Forest Area which are managed by Public Enterprize (PE) "Srbijašume" Belgrade. The data summarized as of December 31, 2013, and December 31, 2021, were parallelly analyzed to determine whether and to what extent the ice disaster affected the growing stock condition of the Moravian Forest Area. For that purpose, the comparative analysis of the following indicators was carried out: origin-based forest condition, preservation, diversity, tree species, stand affiliation, and coeno-ecological affiliation. Having in mind that the ice disaster highly damaged some parts of the Moravian Forest Area (Forest Management Unit (FMU) "Obla Glava", FMU "Kamenički Vis I", FMU "Kamenički Vis II", FMU "Bukovik - Mratinja", FMU "Rtanj", FMU "Svrljiško - Gulijanske Planine" and FMU "Devica") which consequently led to clean-cuttings at large areas (app.1000 hectares of forest stands), the research aim was to determine if the significant changes occurred in the growing stock at the whole area level.
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