Table 2.

Tree‐ring characteristics of the living and dead trees. Living trees represent the dominant trees of the stand; dead trees represent the complete range of social positions, that is, from suppressed to dominant trees. Number of trees per sampling group corresponds to crossdated trees. The standard deviation of life span and growth rate is denoted as “SD”

Sampling group 1	Site	Living trees			Dead trees
		Number	Average life span ± SD (years)	Average growth rate ± SD (mm/year)	Number	Average life span ± SD (years)	Average growth rate ± SD (mm/year)
Spruce 12	Scatlè	15	155.2 ± 58.2	0.68 ± 0.27	35	168.3 ± 70.9	0.76 ± 0.30
Spruce 14	Bois de Chênes	18	80.6 ± 10.0	1.97 ± 0.73	35	60.9 ± 9.8	1.15 ± 0.33
Spruce 24	Leihubel	11	199.4 ± 52.6	1.45 ± 0.55	29	128.9 ± 63.6	0.78 ± 0.35
Fir 22	Tariche Haute Côte	11	122.5 ± 15.4	1.93 ± 0.51	36	88.8 ± 15.0	0.84 ± 0.50
Fir 24	Leihubel	12	160.6 ± 66.3	1.75 ± 0.82	38	82.1 ± 38.8	0.76 ± 0.27
Fir 39	Combe Biosse	12	133.9 ± 31.0	1.77 ± 0.30	44	92.9 ± 28.0	0.88 ± 0.46
Oak 14	Bois de Chênes	27	103.5 ± 27.8	1.17 ± 0.44	50	119.2 ± 34.2	0.80 ± 0.21
Oak 20	Vorm Stein	30	87.6 ± 7.3	1.37 ± 0.46	50	93.0 ± 21.2	0.81 ± 0.21
Oak 30	Strassberg	29	80.1 ± 25.1	1.27 ± 0.27	47	78.4 ± 23.8	1.19 ± 0.26
Beech 11	Weidwald	11	145.6 ± 9.2	1.03 ± 0.31	47	120.6 ± 18.7	0.86 ± 0.31
Beech 14	Bois de Chênes	12	82.6 ± 20.3	2.14 ± 0.97	44	75.1 ± 15.5	1.14 ± 0.60
Beech 22	Tariche Haute Côte	12	131.7 ± 7.6	1.72 ± 0.19	44	121.6 ± 27.1	0.86 ± 0.22

¹Species and forest reserve code (cf. Table 1).