... trees in the first thinning and thinning intensities, taking account of economical factors [46, 51]. In Slovenia, selective thinning is the main type of thin-ning [34]. However, the thinning of ... again during the lastthinning. In the T2, 258 crop trees were chosen in the first thinning, and only 62% of these trees were chosen again during the last thinning. Only crownsuppression and ... of crop trees in the young stands and al-teration of crop trees caused one of the main weaknesses of the selection thinning type, namely, high costs. In the totalstand tending costs, thinning...