Table 1 Species-specific and species-overarching trends of the mean annual mass biomass growth of 40 and 90 years old stands from 1915 to 2015 in terms of absolute and relative changes*.
From: Forest growth in Europe shows diverging large regional trends
Species | Biomass growth | Increase from 1915 to 2015 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1915 | 2015 | Absolute | Relative | |||||
Mg ha–1 a–1 | Mg ha–1 a–1 | Mg ha–1 a–1 | % | |||||
40 a | 90 a | 40 a | 90 a | 40 a | 90 a | 40 a | 90 a | |
Norway spruce | 8.9 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 18 | 18 |
Scots pine | 4.1 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 35 | 35 |
European beech | 8.2 | 9.0 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 75 | 75 |
Sessile/common oak | 8.2 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 46 | 46 |
All species (as in Fig. 1) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 47 | 29 |
