PAVÚK, František: Stocks` determination of managed stands in a close-to-nature forestry [Master thesis] Technical Univerzity of Zvolen. Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Resource Planning and Informatics, Zvolen 2021, 54 p. A new trend in forest management is to manage forest stands in a nature-friendly way. Due to the more complex structure of the stands, it is much more difficult to determine the stock, compared to even-aged and homogeneous ones. The main goal of our bachelor thesis was to specify an effective method for the stock meassurement and derivation, within a close-to-nature forestry approach. In the first step, we found out the stock of our selected stands by the caliper measurment of all trees method with an accuracy of ± 5%. Subsequently, we determined stock of the stand by the relascope method in two ways. Specifically, we used 2 representative selections with 6 and 18 sample plots. We also determined the stand stock by an estimation method combined with the measurement of dendrometric values. As a result, the most acurate method was the caliper measurment of all trees, but this method is slow and expensive. The relascopic method determined the stock faster, but sufficient accuracy strongly depends on the number of sample plots. The estimation method is the most time efficient, but the estimator must be experienced. The best time-financial trade off method for close to nature forestry conditions is a representative method with the correct number and selection of sample plots. The method is time efficient, accurate and does not require years of estimators experience.