Abstract:

The concept of forest spatial structure，the forest spatial structure indices and the existing problems are introduced and discussed Then, current status and trend of forest spatial structure study is particularly described. This paper especially points out that many current studies mainly focus on diagnosis，description and simulation of forest spatial structure，and few study results are applied in forest management activities. Regulation and control of forest spatial structure facing to realistic forest management activities will be the study trend.

Key words: spatial forest structure, spatial forest structure indices, regulation and control of spatial forest structure, study trend