The Austrian forest is divided among three ownership categories. 226.000 small private forest owners (< 200ha) hold a 50% share of the forest area and annual timber harvests, 1.200 large forest enterprises own 35% of the forests and also cut 35% of the timber, the Austrian Federal Forests hold about 15% of the forest area and of the annual demestic wood supply. Due to the differences in size of the holdings as well as the different functions wood sales have for forest owners, wood supply behavior also differs significantly among the ownership categories. Austrian forest research so far has focused on a qualitative analysis of wood supply only. This study presents a quantitative analysis using econometrics. Coniferous final cuts and thinnings as well as sawlog-, pulpwood- and fuelwood-supply (all broken into the three ownership categories) are explained by various roundwood prices, quantities of incidental fellings and variables representing long term developments in cutting potential.
