  The regeneration of forest resources is one of the main objectives of modern
forest management. The present book is based on my personal PhD thesis and aims
to identify detailed features of the regeneration process and the
characteristics of sapling interaction. The research involved evaluation of
regeneration structure, dimensional differentiation of saplings, spatial
pattern analysis - sapling aggregation and species association, and sapling
competition using distance-dependent methods. A new distance-dependent
dimensional differentiation index (IDIV) and a new geometrical criterion for
selecting neighbouring competitor saplings were created and applied.
Appropriate methods and techniques were identified for investigating
regeneration and computer technology was used intensively. Nine stand-alone
software programs were produced in order to achieve the objectives of the
thesis.
