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Table 2 Stand data of the monospecific and mixed species plots of Norway spruce and European beech for the last survey in 2016 and mean stand volume growth for the whole survey period from 1998 to 2016

From: Drought can favour the growth of small in relation to tall trees in mature stands of Norway spruce and European beech

 

age2016

(years)

d q

(cm)

d o

(cm)

h q

(m)

h o

(m)

n

(ha−1)

BA

(m2∙ha−1)

v

(m3∙ha−1)

iv 1998–2016

(m3∙ha−1∙yr−1)

mono-specific stands

 Norway spruce

65

35.5

44.9

32.7

34.3

639

60.1

981

26.3

 European beech

85

27.2

41.4

29.2

33.0

926

54.0

802

19.4

mixed-species stand

 Norway spruce

65

36.4

41.7

32.9

33.8

237

24.7

315

10.4

 European beech

85

29.6

41.9

30.0

33.1

437

30.1

383

9.2

total

674

54.8

698

19.6

  1. Stand age in 2016 (age2016), quadratic mean diameter (dq), mean diameter of the 100 tallest trees (do), height of the dq tree (hq), height of the do tree (ho), tree number per hectare (n), stand basal area per hectare (BA), standing stem volume per hectare (v), mean annual stand volume growth in the period 1998–2016 (iv1998–2016)