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Table 3 Germinant survival rates on CWD and on forest floor in the years 2005–2009

From: European beech, silver fir, and Norway spruce differ in establishment, height growth, and mortality rates on coarse woody debris and forest floor—a study from a mixed beech forest in the Western Carpathians

Year

Number/survival (%)

Beech

Fir

Spruce

CWD

Forest floor

CWD

Forest floor

CWD

Forest floor

2005

8/88 %

7/86 %

15/67 %

6/17 %

6/33 %

0/-

2006

161/43 %

No data

865/35 %

No data

16/31 %

No data

2007

27/63 %

31/68 %

236/32 %

84/44 %

68/18 %

24/0 %

2008

35/66 %

71/62 %

31/55 %

13/15 %

13/31 %

0/-

2009

1/100 %

2/100 %

67/42 %

50/42 %

2/0 %

0/-

Average survivala

67 %

66 %

37 %

40 %

20 %

0 %

  1. aCalculated for the years 2005 and 2007–2009