Table 8 Stand structural characteristics of beech, mixed (beech-oak), oak and linden forests (means (SD), averaged over the three transects, n = number of plots). Plots dominated by beech: all plots with basal area of F. sylvatica > 66.6%, oak: all plots with basal area of Quercus species > 66.6%, linden: all plots with basal area of T. tomentosa: > 66.6%, mixed: all other forests (except for stands with T. tomentosa > 66.6%) for the three transects (A, B, C). Stem ha⁻¹, DBH, height (h), basal area (BA), stem volume (Vol) and carbon in stem biomass (AGC). Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between forest types are indicated by different small letters (one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test)

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