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Vulnerability of Trees to Climate Events in Temperate Forests of West Germany

Table 3

Cluster-specific attributes in terms of tree species, site ecological aspects, and pointer years.


Clu	Species	Site ecological description¹	Char. pointer years

Clu 1	FASY, QUPE, QURO, PISY, PCAB		1976, 1996
Clu 2	QUPE, QURO		1942, 1959, 1996
			1947, 1981
Clu 3	FASY, QUPE, QURO, PISY, PCAB		1976
			1948, 1996
			1960
Clu 4	FASY		1948, 2000
			1976, 1996
Clu 5	QUPE, QURO, PISY, PCAB		1976
			1996
Clu 6	PISY, PCAB		1976
			1996
Clu 7	PISY, PCAB		1996
			1976
			1973
Clu 8	QUPE, QURO	Plain lowlands, wet	1947
			1959, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1981,
			1996
Clu 9	QUPE, QURO	Low mountain ranges, 155–560 m a.s.l., 2 lowland sites with bigger gradient, 1 plain wet lowland site	1996
			1942
Clu 10	FASY	East of 8°57^′, 280–420 m a.s.l., dry	1948, 1983
			1964, 1976, 2000
Clu 11	FASY	Low mountain ranges, 155–530 m a.s.l.	1948, 2000
			1960, 1976, 1990, 1996
Clu 12	QUPE	East of 8°57^′, slope sites	1976
			1948, 1960, 1973, 1996
			1964, 1988
Clu 13	PCAB	Low mountain ranges, 170–710 m a.s.l.	1976
			1948, 1984, 1996
Clu 14	PISY, PCAB	Coniferous trees, east of 8°57^′, 340–360 m a.s.l., slope sites	1964, 1976
			1989, 1996
			1973
Clu 15	PISY	Low mountain ranges, 110–490 m a.s.l., western expositions	1996
			1956, 1976, 1991
			1960, 1973

Descriptions of the characteristic site ecological aspects are only reasonable for final clusters. Extreme pointer years are designated by bold font, strong pointer years by italic font, and weak pointer years by regular font numbers.