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Table 4 Characteristics (presence, thickness, period for the estimation) of the snow cover in all sites

From: Elevation affects both the occurrence of ungulate browsing and its effect on tree seedling growth for four major tree species in European mountain forests

Country

Site

Winter snow cover

Presence

Average (min, max) thickness (cm)

Period

Sweden

Gällivare

Yes

69 (53–87)

DJF 2009–2010

Germany

BFNP

Yes

35 (1–80)

DJF 2016–2017

Germany

Freiburg

Yes

54 (28–82)

DJF 2017–2018

Poland

Krościenko

Yes

30 (20–50)

DJF 1991–2013

France

Chartreuse

Yes

60 (20–100)

Overall estimate

France

Belledonne

Yes

60 (20–100)

Overall estimate

France

Vercors

Yes

60 (20–100)

Overall estimate

  1. Data obtained from Peter Kjellander, Marco Heurich, Christoph Dreiser and Georges Kunstler, personal communications, and Szwed et al. (2017)
  2. DJF December, January and February