Responses of the structure and function of the understory plant communities to precipitation reduction across forest ecosystems in Germany

Table 1 General stand information and characteristics. Stand properties were obtained from the control and roofed subplots for the different exploratories and management types. S Schorfheide-Chorin; H Hainich-Dün; A Schwäbische Alb; bu beech, unmanaged; bm beech, managed; cm conifer, intensively managed^a

Stand ID	Exploratory	Altitude (m a.s.l.)	Mean annual temperature(°C)^a	Mean annual precipitation (mm)^a	Geology^b	Main tree	Management type	Position		Soil type^d	Texture^d
Stand ID	Exploratory	Altitude (m a.s.l.)	Mean annual temperature(°C)^a	Mean annual precipitation (mm)^a	Geology^b	Main tree	Management type	Longitude	Latitude	Soil type^d	Texture^d
Sbu	S	65-74	8-8.5	589	Young glacial landscape	Beech	Unmanaged	1.384.500	5.305.127	Cambisol	Loamy sand
Sbm						Beech	Managed	1.389.123	5.288.526	Cambisol	Loamy sand
Scm						Pine (conifer)	Intensively managed	1.386.399	5.307.658	Cambisol	Loamy sand
Hbu	H	330-410	7.2	533	Calcareous bedrock	Beech	Unmanaged	1.045.518	5.110.069	Luvisol	Loam
Hbm						Beech	Managed	1.037.834	5.117.893	Stagnosol	Loam
Hcm						Spruce (conifer)	Intensively managed	1.031.074	5.127.165	Luvisol	Loam
Abu	A	714-766	6.5	940	Calcareous bedrock with karst phenomena	Beech	Unmanaged	938.238	4.838.259	Cambisol	Silty clay
Abm						Beech	Managed	935.661	4.838.366	Leptosol	Silty clay
Acm						Spruce (conifer)	Intensively managed	939.868	4.837.891	Cambisol	Silty clay

^aData from German weather Service, years 1950–2010, Schorfheide: station-ID 00164, Hainich: station-ID 00487, Schwäbische Alb: station-ID 03402)
^bFischer et al. (2010)
^cAccording to WRB (2006)

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