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Table 4 Parameters of the soil moisture distribution functions of the plant species at site LII-1605 (Großer Eisenberg, Thuringian Forest, Germany) in 1960

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

Species

Cov%

DKFmin

DKFmax

m

Sigma

Upper tree layer

     

 Picea abies

15

    

 Lower tree layer

     

 Picea abies

60

    

Shrub layer

     

 Picea abies

87

4.0

9.0

6.50

2.50

 Sorbus aucuparia

r

3.0

6.0

4.50

1.50

 Sylvatica fagus

 + 

2.0

6.5

4.25

2.25

Herb layer

     

 Calamagrostis villosa

15

4.0

8.0

6.00

2.00

 Vaccinium myrtillus

37

3.5

8.0

5.75

2.25

 Deschampsia flexuosa

37

2.5

7.0

4.75

2.25

 Galium saxatile

15

2.5

7.0

4.75

2.25

 Trientalis europaea

15

3.0

7.0

5.00

2.00

 Dryopteris dilatata

 + 

5.0

8.0

6.50

1.50

 Maianthemum bifolium

 + 

3.0

7.0

5.00

2.00

 Pteridium aquilinum

 + 

5.5

8.0

6.75

1.25

 Luzula pilosa

 + 

3.0

7.0

5.00

2.00

Moss layer

     

 Dicranum scoparium

 + 

2.0

6.0

4.00

2.00

 Barbilophozia floerkei

 + 

    

 Pleurozium schreberi

3

2.0

7.5

4.75

2.75

 Lophocolea heterophylla

 + 

5.0

7.0

6.00

1.00

 Dicranum majus

15

5.0

7.5

6.25

1.25

  1. DKFmin and DKFmax denote the lower and upper limits, respectively, of a moisture characteristic of the topsoil scaling between the extremes 0 and 10, m and sigma denote the characteristic values of a normal distribution approximated therefrom