Table 1.
Important site and stand properties of the study sites Mangfallgebirge, Tuttlingen, Bärenthal, and Schänis
| Mangfallgebirge N |
Mangfallgebirge S | Tuttlingen NE |
Tuttlingen SW |
Bärenthal | Schänis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Bavarian Limestone Alps | ––––––––––––- Swabian Alb ––––––––––––––- | Swiss Alps | ||||||||
| Elevation [m a.s.l] | ––––––––– 1000 ––––––––- | ––––––––- 790 ––––––––– | 750 | 730 | |||||||
| Aspect | North | South | North-east | South-west | None (plateau) | West | |||||
| Slope inclination [°] | ––––––––- 35 –––––––- | –––––––– 25 –––––––– | 2 | 30 | |||||||
| Bedrock | Triassic dolostone (Norian “Hauptdolomit”) | Jurassic limestone (Oxfordian) |
Jurassic limestone (Kimmeridgian) |
Tertiary sediments Carbonate conglomerate | |||||||
| Bedrock P content [mg g−1] | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.27 | |||||
| Bedrock carbonate content [mg g−1] | 996 | 950 | 960 | 985 | 949 | 518 | |||||
| Dominating soil types (WRB, 2015) | –––––––– Rendzic Leptosol (Endoleptic Cambisol) ––––––––––––- | Endoleptic Cambisol | Eutric Cambisol | ||||||||
| MAT [°C] | |||||||||||
| Long-term average* | –––––––––- 6.5 –––––––––- | –––– 6.6 (2002: 14.3)* –––––- | 6.6* | 7.0 | |||||||
| Site | 2017/18: 6.8 | 2017/18: 7.3 | ––––––- 2002: 13.9 ––––––– | ND | 7.0 | ||||||
| Topsoil Temp. (5 cm) | 2017/18: 6.8 | 2017/18: 7.6 | 2002: 12.2 | 2002: 13.2 | ND | ND | |||||
| MAP [mm] | |||||||||||
| Long-term average* | –––––––––- 1995 ––––––––– | ––––– 856 (2002: 551)* ––––– | 856* | 1965 | |||||||
| Site | –––––- 2018/19: 2150** –––––– | 2002: 602 | 2002: 784 | ND | 1965 | ||||||
| Stand age [yr] | ––––––––- 200–300 –––––––– | ––––––––- 85–95 –––––––– | Mature | 150 | |||||||
| Tree species composition |
Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Abies alba, Acer pseudoplatanus |
Fagus sylvatica (> 90% basal area) (Picea abies, Acer pseudoplatanus) |
Fagus sylvatica (Fraxinus excelsior, Acer pseudoplatanus, Abies alba, Picea abies) | ||||||||
| Basal area [m2 ha−1] | 35 | 45 | 27 | 20 | ND | 49 | |||||
| Foliar P (beech) [mg g−1] | 1.28 | 1.43 | 1.18 | 1.06 | ND | 1.13 | |||||
| Litterfall [kg ha−1 yr−1] | 2946** | 4745** | 2019: 6266*** | ND | ND | 4347 | |||||
| Litterfall P [kg ha−1 yr−1] | 1.73** | 1.39** | 2019: 2.73*** | ND | ND | 3.69 | |||||
| Data source | **Kohlpaintner and Göttlein (2020), otherwise own data |
Nahm et al. (2006) ***calculated from data received by H. Puhlmann (pers. Comm) |
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*Nearby station Tuttlingen of German Meteorological Service