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Table 10 Temporal developments of the ecosystem state between 1960 and 2009 using the example of Level II site 1605 (Großer Eisenberg, Thuringian Forest, Germany)

From: Methodology for classifying the ecosystem integrity of forests in Germany using quantified indicators

  1. Bold numbers denote measured values from the level II plot
  2. Italic numbers are scaling values for reference states
  3. Nutrient flow values with asterisk denote values that where derived (modeled) from vegetation survey instead of measured directly
  4. The vegetation survey from 1960 does not originate from the Level II data set, but from the W.I.E. database and was recorded by H. SCHLÜTER. Regarding the year in which the stock was established, there were deviations between the information on the website of the Thuringian State Institute for Forest, hunting and fishing (http://www.thueringen.de/imperia/md/content/folder/waldoekolog/waldzustandsueberwachung/eisenberg09.pdf) and the Level II dataset, that could not be fully clarified. For the calculation of net primary production, an age of 80 years in 1995 was assumed on the basis of the latter information. This may explain the low absolute values of the calculated NPP
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