[en] As a result of " clean management " systems in forests, many species are lost or reduced to the point of being endangered. This is a broad term which refers to the pursuit of a tidy, system of intensively productive forest in which dead and dying wood, standing and fallen, is rigorously removed or cleansed from the system. This is because foresters believed that such wood harboured diseases and pests. The consequence of such policies applied over decades or in some cases centuries has been a massive depletion of the resource and serious declines of removal of biodiversity. This study assesses the amount of coarse dead wood in oriental beech forests in Turkey. The total volume of dead wood was revealed as 22.87 +/- 4.34 cubic m/ha; made up of 3.37 +/- 1.41 cubic m/ha (15%) as snag1 (standing dead wood with dried tips and intact top), 9.87 +/- 2.2 cubic m/ha (43%) as snag2 (standing dead wood with bark loosened and broken top), 4.13 +/- 1.9 cubic m/ha (18%) as log1 (newly fallen dead wood), and 5.51 +/- 1.99 cubic m/ha (24%) as log2 (rotted fallen dead wood). From this research the managed oriental beech stands in Turkey can be described as relatively dead wood-rich. The proportion of the total dead wood volume (%) of oriental beech stands investigated 4.81 +/- 4.72 percent of the total living wood volume. There were significant differences (F sub(14;65)= 4.109***, and SNK -Student-Newman-Keuls- = 3.99) in dead wood volume between the main study areas (min.: 4.46 cubic m/ha; max.: 46.11 cubic m/ha). This was due to the topography and particularly the steep slopes, and the road network infrastructure which influences the situation through local timber production. It is hoped that this study of oriental beech forests, may guide managers in considering dead wood and processes of decomposition in managing forests in Turkey, Southeastern Europe, the Northern Caucasus, Northern Iran and Syria.

[es] Muchas especies forestales se pierden o ven reducida su distribuci&oacute;n hasta el punto de estar amenazadas, como resultado de sistemas de "gesti&oacute;n limpia" de los sistemas forestales. Este es un t&eacute;rmino amplio que se refiere a conseguir un sistema de bosques productivos de forma intensiva en los que la madera muerta, tanto en pie como ca&iacute;da, se extrae del sistema. Esto es debido a que los forestales creen que esta madera alberga a plagas y enfermedades. La consecuencia de estas pol&iacute;ticas, aplicadas durante d&eacute;cadas o siglos, ha sido una disminuci&oacute;n de los recursos y la perdida de biodiversidad. Este estudio eval&uacute;a la cantidad de madera muerta en bosques de haya oriental en Turqu&iacute;a. El volumen total extra&iacute;do fue de 22,87 +/- 4,34 m c&uacute;bicos/ha; siendo de 3,37 +/- 1,41 m c&uacute;bicos/ha (15%) la madera muerta en pie de &aacute;rboles puntisecos, 9,87 +/- 2,2 m c&uacute;bicos/ha (43%) de madera muerta en pie con corteza desprendida y parte superior rota, 4,13 +/- 1,9 m c&uacute;bicos/ha (18%) de madera muerta ca&iacute;da reciente, y 5,51 +/- 1,99 m c&uacute;bicos/ha (24%) de madera ca&iacute;da podrida. A partir de esta investigaci&oacute;n, la gesti&oacute;n de los rodales de haya oriental en Turqu&iacute;a puede describirse como relativamente rico en madera muerta. La proporci&oacute;n del volumen total de madera muerta (%) de los rodales de haya oriental representan el 4,81 +/- 4,72% del volumen total de madera viva. Existen diferencias significativas (F sub(14;65)= 4,109***, y SNK -Student-Newman-Keuls- = 3,99) en el volumen de madera muerta entre las &aacute;reas principales de estudio (min.: 4,46 m c&uacute;bicos/ha; max.: 46,11 m c&uacute;bicos/ha). Esto se debe a la topograf&iacute;a y particularmente a las pendientes pronunciadas, y la red de caminos que influyen la situaci&oacute;n de la producci&oacute;n local de madera. Se espera que este estudio sobre los bosques de haya oriental puedan servir de gu&iacute;a a los gestores para considerar la madera muerta y su proceso de descomposici&oacute;n en la gesti&oacute;n de los bosques de Turqu&iacute;a.