ORIGINAL ARTICLE Effect of two Traditional Forest Management Practices (TFM) on the Diversity, Regeneration and Spatial pattern of tree in Northern Zagros Forest, Kurdistan Province, West of Iran

The emphasis of the traditional Forest Management Practices the important key on the sustainable forest management. In order to investigate of this study Blake forest (Armadreh pattern) and Havare Khol forest (Havare Khol pattern) in the Baneh region, Kurdistan Province was selected. In per site collected 60 square sample plots (20×25m= 500 m2) by randomized-systematic method in the 100×200 Net. In every sample plot this information include the species, number, origin of tree (coppice and Height tree), Diameter of breast height (cm), height (m), Crown height (m) and two diameters of crown was recorded. Regeneration recorded in micro plots 5*5 meter (25 m2). Species diversity index includes Shannon Wiener (H׳) and Margalef (R1) was used. To analysis of spatial pattern used the quadrat method and variance /mean ratio, Green, Morisata and standardized Morisata index in the two sites. The means of different between diversity indexes in the two areas were calculated by T-test. To analysis data use the Past, Ecological Methodological and SPSS18 software. Results showed that tree diversity in Havareh Khol pattern higher the Armardeh pattern but species diversity in Havareh Khol pattern has more. Statistical analysis showed significant differences between diversity index and qualitative parameter of tree in the two patterns. In this study two Traditional forest management practices have strong and weakness point and Authors suggested to approach the sustainable forest management used the compact of two Traditional forest management practice.