https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:3777 doi:10.5937/SustFor2388115M ISSN: 1821-1046 Институт за шумарство, Београд, Србија 2023 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode INFLUENCE OF THE STRESS FACTOR UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGES ON WEAKINING OF TREES AND APPERANCE OF PATHOGENIC AND EPYXILOUS FUNGI IN NATURAL BEECH STRANDS The paper presents the examination of the health condition of beech stands from the aspect of mechanical and abiotic damage on trees. The research was conducted in Forest Management Office Kucevo, in a hillside beech forest Fagetum moesiacae submontanum of generative origin. The research included 505 trees on 28 sample plots. A strong correlation was found between the appearance of fungi and the presence of injuries – 51.88%, as well as between the presence of fungi and abiotic damage – 47.96%. It was determined that the health condition of high beech forest heavily depended on careful and proper manipulation during logging, while every injury sustained by standing beech trees during felling opened an access point to dangerous microorganisms. application/pdf 347023 bytes MARKOVIĆ, Miroslava GAGIĆ-SERDAR, Renata KONATAR, Bojan MITROVIĆ, Suzana eng mechanical damage, abiotic damage, beech, fungi info:eu-repo/semantics/article Sustainable Forestry: Collection 87-88