РЕКОНСТРУКТИВНА РУБКА ЯК ЗАХІД СПРИЯННЯ ПРИРОДНОМУ ПОНОВЛЕННЮ ЛІСУ
Ukraine has joined the pan-European process of sustainable management in the forests of Europe, aimed at preserving of forest ecosystems, inexhaustible, balanced and sustainable forest management. One of the important tasks is forest management based on maximum uses of natural seed regeneration. Therefore, it is urgent is using assistance that would assist the appearance and preservation of natural regeneration. The laying of plots and study in forest stands was carried out according to the methods generally accepted in forestry. The results of the influence of a reconstructive cutting on the natural regeneration process under the canopy of the middle-aged oak stands in Vinnitsa forest ranger district of State Enterprise “Vinnitsa forestry”. It is established that the increase in illumination trees inside the circular plots after the cutting contributes to the better development of crowns and the appearance of water shoots on trunks. Cutting should be carried out in circular plots with a diameter not less of 1.5 of the average height of the stand, in places with acorns or a thick natural seed regeneration of the oak tree. This will contribute to a better appearance and preserving of the young generation of oak.