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Table 5 Definition of risk classes on drought stress based on water available to plants in the growing season for Norway spruce, European beech, sessile and pedunculate oak and Douglas-fir and Scots pine

From: Assessing risks and uncertainties in forest dynamics under different management scenarios and climate change

Drought stress

Water available to plants in growing season (mm)

Spruce

Beech

Oak/Douglas-fir

Pine

Low

>0

> –25

> –150

> –180

Medium

0 to –80

−25 to –100

−150 to –400

−180 to –450

High

< –80

< –100

< –400

< –450