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Table 1 Mean canopy height (m) and mean diameter at breast height (cm) in 1996, 2009, and 2014 for 24 beeches higher than 20 m in a 200 × 60 m west-east-orientated rectangle around the tower. Standard deviations are given in parentheses

From: Increasing temperatures over an 18-year period shortens growing season length in a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)-dominated forest

Parameter

1996

2009

2014

Diameter at breast height (cm)

54.8 (± 5.5)

44.2 (± 5.9)

45.8 (± 6.0)

Mean canopy height (m)

29.3 (± 2.2)

28.1 (± 1.8)

27.8 (± 2.0)