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Table 6 Results (means and SD in brackets) of the forest inventories (trees with DBH ≥ 7 cm) along the three transects (A, B, C) with the corresponding sample size (n inventory plots). Given are for the different species the relative basal area in % (BA), the estimated stems per ha (Stem), the diameter in cm (DBH), the height in m (h), the basal area per ha in m2 (BA), the tree volume per ha in m3 (Vol) and the tree biomass per ha Mg in DM. (Bio). Coniferous species (Larix decidua, Pinus spp. and Picea abies) occurring on single plots as well as additional deciduous broadleaf species (A. tataricum, Q. robur, Salix spp., T. cordata) were grouped to the classes Other coniferous and Other deciduous

From: Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground biomass and soil

Species

Transect A (n = 90)

Transect B (n = 90)

Transect C (n = 100)

BA

Stem

DBH

h

BA

Vol

Bio

BA

Stem

DBH

h

BA

Vol

Bio

BA

Stem

DBH

h

BA

Vol

Bio

A. campestre

0.2

5.0

13.3 (4.4)

16.2 (3.4)

0.1

0.7

0.3

0.1

1.5

17.7 (10.1)

19.3 (10.3)

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.3

4.8

14.8 (8.4)

9.7 (3.9)

0.1

1.0

0.5

A. platanoides

1.4

11.7

22.7 (9.6)

22.6 (5.9)

0.6

6.3

3.3

0.4

2.9

25.1 (10.3)

25.2 (2.1)

0.2

1.8

1.0

0.4

2.2

27.9 (13.7)

19.9 (1.7)

0.2

2.1

1.1

A. pseudoplatanus

1.3

7.8

27.4 (9.6)

21 (9.4)

0.5

5.2

2.7

0.1

0.7

22.5 (7.1)

20.3 (n.a.)

0.0

0.3

0.1

1.3

7.0

28.3 (14.7)

19.9 (4.8)

0.6

6.1

3.2

Betula spp.

       

2.2

18.3

24.3 (7.4)

22.4 (6.3)

0.9

9.0

4.7

       

C. betulus

5.7

111.1

15.0 (5.9)

17 (4.4)

2.3

22.2

13.5

11.0

159.9

17.6 (7.8)

18.4 (5.2)

4.5

47.6

28.9

3.8

70.0

14.7 (8.7)

12.8 (4.5)

1.6

13.8

8.3

C. orientalis

              

1.1

44.6

10.8 (4.1)

9.1 (2.4)

0.5

2.5

1.5

F. ornus

              

3.0

86.9

12.6 (4.9)

10.4 (3.4)

1.2

7.9

5.1

F. sylvatica

27.1

128.0

29.7 (13.5)

29.2 (6.1)

10.7

160.7

94.2

42.5

244.0

26.1 (16.0)

26.2 (7.8)

17.3

254.1

148.9

35.2

263.6

22.6 (14.1)

22.9 (5.0)

14.7

171.3

100.4

P. avium

1.8

18.4

20.1 (9.4)

20.3 (7)

0.7

8.0

3.9

1.4

10.6

24.3 (12.0)

23.8 (6.5)

0.6

7.5

3.7

       

Populus spp.

0.0

1.1

10.5 (0.5)

6.4 (0.9)

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.9

11.7

32.2 (17.6)

28.5 (5.7)

1.2

20.2

7.5

0.2

1.9

23.5 (9.5)

18.8 (7.3)

0.1

1.2

0.4

Q. cerris

3.6

20.5

28.7 (8.0)

22.6 (3.3)

1.4

15.5

10.1

3.2

9.5

41.0 (12.1)

31.2 (2.8)

1.3

19.6

12.7

0.7

4.5

26.8 (10.2)

13.5 (4.9)

0.3

2.0

1.3

Q. frainetto

1.8

11.7

26.7 (6.3)

21.5 (8.0)

0.7

8.2

5.5

0.7

1.5

44.5 (27.7)

20.6 (6.5)

0.3

4.3

2.8

2.4

18.1

24.6 (10.3)

14.8 (5.2)

1.0

9.2

6.1

Q. petraea

26.9

163.0

26.8 (10.4)

25.2 (4.6)

10.6

147.9

95.7

9.3

46.1

30.5 (12.5)

25 (5.0)

3.8

52.8

34.1

26.0

172.5

26.6 (9.6)

18.3 (4.3)

10.8

113.1

73.2

R. pseudoacacia

       

0.5

6.2

20.0 (8.1)

20.1 (7.9)

0.2

2.0

1.3

0.5

6.0

19.5 (9.7)

12.2 (5.0)

0.2

1.4

0.9

S. torminalis

0.3

5.0

15.1 (6.2)

12.9 (4.2)

0.1

0.7

0.4

0.1

1.8

11.2 (5.2)

9.4 (2.7)

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.5

9.5

15.2 (5.7)

11.5 (3.9)

0.2

1.3

0.7

T. tomentosa

27.4

316.2

19.1 (8.2)

21.3 (5.6)

10.8

119.7

51.5

22.7

117.8

29.2 (13.6)

28.2 (6.7)

9.3

127.2

54.7

24.2

211.7

21.5 (12)

19.2 (4.7)

10.1

102.3

44.0

Ulmus spp.

0.3

3.9

18 .0 (4.3)

25.1 (2.9)

0.1

1.1

0.6

1.7

6.2

28.1 (26.5)

25 (7.0)

0.7

9.7

5.4

0.3

3.5

19.3 (6.6)

14.1 (6.6)

0.1

1.3

0.7

Other coniferous

1.9

21.2

  

0.7

9.0

3.8

0.9

17.6

  

0.3

4.4

2.0

       

Other deciduous

0.3

2.8

  

0.1

1.4

0.8

0.3

2.6

  

0.1

1.3

0.6

0.1

2.9

  

0.0

0.4

0.2

Total

100.0

827.3

  

39.4

506.6

286.3

100.0

658.9

  

40.7

562.3

308.7

100.0

909.7

  

41.7

436.9

247.6