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Table 5 Result of classification of forest ecosystems based on abiotic site factors and forest types

From: Rule-based classification and mapping of ecosystem services with data on the integrity of forest ecosystems

Ecoclimatic zones

Soil moisture stage

Nutrient cycle type

Forest type (CORINE Land Cover)

Forest ecosystem type class

3

1

1

Coniferous

1. Central european to sub-continental, dry, nutrient-poor pine forest

2

1

1

Mixed

2. Sub-oceanic, dry, nutrient-poor pine wood

3

1

1

Mixed

3. Central european to sub-continental, dry, nutrient-poor pine wood

2

2

1

Coniferous

4. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-poor pine forest

2

2

1

Coniferous

5. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, poor larch forest

2

2

1

Deciduous

6. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-poor beech wood/forest

2

2

1

Mixed

7. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-poor spruce wood

2

2

1

Coniferous

8. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-poor spruce forest

2

4

1

Coniferous

9. Sub-oceanic, moist, nutrient-poor pine forest

2

4

2

Coniferous

10. Sub-oceanic, moist, quite nutrient-poor pine forest

3

4

1

Mixed

11. Central european to sub-continental, moist, nutrient-poor spruce wood

3

1

2

Deciduous

12. Central european to sub-continental, dry, quite nutrient-poor sessile oak wood

3

1

2

Coniferous

13. Central european to sub-continental, dry, quite nutrient-poor pine forest

2

2

2

Deciduous

14. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, quite nutrient-poor beech wood/forest

1

2

2

Deciduous

15. moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, quite nutrient-poor beech wood/forest

2

4

2

Deciduous

16. Sub-oceanic, moist, quite nutrient-poor pedunculate oak forest

2

5

2

Mixed

17. Sub-oceanic, wet, quite nutrient-poor fir wood

3

1

3

Coniferous

18. Central european to sub-continental, dry, moderately nutritious pine forest

3

1

3

Deciduous

19. Central european to sub-continental, dry, moderately nutritious sessile oak wood

2

2

3

Coniferous

20. Sumb-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious pine forest

3

2

3

Coniferous

21. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious pine forest

2

4

3

Deciduous

22. Sub-oceanic, moist, moderately nutritious oak forest

2

1

4

Coniferous

23. Sub-oceanic, dry, moderately nutritious carbonate-containing pine forests of alpine valleys

2

2

3

Deciduous

24. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious beech forest/wood

3

2

3

Deciduous

25. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious sessile oak-beech wood

3

2

3

Deciduous

26. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious lime-hornbeam wood

1

2

3

Deciduous

27. moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious beech wood/forest

2

2

3

Coniferous

28. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious spruce forest

2

2

3

Mixed

29. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious spruce-fir-Wood

2

2

3

Coniferous

30. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious douglas fir forest

2

2

3

Mixed

31. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious fir-beech forest

2

2

3

Deciduous

32. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious pedunculate oaks -beech wood

2

2

3

Deciduous

33. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious oak forest

1

4

3

Mixed

34. Moderate mountain climate, moist, moderately nutritious fir-beech-wood

2

4

3

Mixed

35. Sub-oceanic, moist, moderately nutritious fir-beech-wood

2

4

3

Deciduous

36. Sub-oceanic, humid, moderately nutritious oak hornbeam forest

2

5

3

Mixed

37. Sub-oceanic, wet, moderately nutritious fir wood

2

1

4

Coniferous

38. Sub-oceanic, dry, moderately nutritious carbonate-containing pine forest

2

2

4

Coniferous

39. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, moderately nutritious carbonate-containing spruce forest

3

1

5

Deciduous

40. Central european to sub-continental, dry, vigorous nutritious Rock maple -sessile oak-wood

3

2

5

Deciduous

41. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, vigorous nutritious hornbeam wood/forest

3

2

5

Deciduous

42. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, vigorous nutritious winter lime wood

1

2

5

Mixed

43. Moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, vigorous nutritious spruce-fir-wood

2

2

7

Deciduous

44. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich beech wood/forest

2

4

5

Deciduous

45. Sub-oceanic, moist, vigorous nutritious Sycamore maple and ash wood of the montane level

2

2

5

Deciduous

46. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, vigorous nutritious oak forest

2

4

5

Deciduous

47. Sub-oceanic, moist, vigorous nutritious beech wood/forest

2

4

7

Deciduous

48. Sub-oceanic, moist, nutrient-rich oak-hornbeam-ash wood

2

5

7

Deciduous

49. Sub-oceanic, wet, nutrient-rich black alder floodplain wood

2

7

5

Deciduous

50. Sub-oceanic, moist-flooded, vigorous nutritious alluvial elm and penunculate oak wood

2

2

7

Deciduous

51. Sub-oceanic moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich oak alternating dry wood

3

2

7

Deciduous

52. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich winter lime wood

1

2

7

Deciduous

53. Moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich sycamore maple -beech wood

2

2

7

Deciduous

54. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich hornbeam-beech-wood

3

2

7

Deciduous

55. Central european to sub-continental, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich hornbeam-beech-wood

2

2

7

Deciduous

56. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich beech wood/forest

2

2

7

Deciduous

57. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich mountain elm- summer lime trees block wood

2

4

7

Deciduous

58. Sub-oceanic, moist, nutrient-rich beech wood/forest

2

4

7

Deciduous

59. Sub-oceanic, moist, nutrient-rich ash wood

2

7

7

Deciduous

60. Sub-oceanic, moist-flooded, nutrient-rich alluvial wood with Salix × rubens

2

1

8

Deciduous

61. Sub-oceanic, dry, nutrient-rich, carbonate-containing sessile oak rock dry forest

2

1

8

Deciduous

62. Sub-oceanic, dry, nutrient-rich carbonate-containing oak wood

2

2

8

Deciduous

63. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich carbonate-containing sunny slope beech wood/forest

2

2

8

Deciduous

64. Sub-oceanic, moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich carbonate-containing beech wood/forest

2

4

8

Deciduous

65. Sub-oceanic, moist, nutrient-rich carbonate-containing ash wood

1

8

9

Deciduous

66. Moderate mountain climate, very wet, nutrient-poor organic raised bog

2

8

9

Deciduous

67. Sub-oceanic, very wet, nutrient-poor organic raised bog

1

5

10

Deciduous

68. Moderate mountain climate, wet, quite nutrient-poor organic raised bog-wood

1

5

10

Deciduous

69. Moderate mountain climate, wet, quite nutrient-poor organic Carpathian birch wood

3

5

10

Deciduous

70. Central European to sub-continental, wet, quite nutrient-poor organic bog birch wood

2

4

11

Deciduous

71. Sub-oceanic, moist, moderately nutritious organic black alder wood

2

5

11

Deciduous

72. Sub-oceanic, wet, moderately nutritious organic black alder wood

2

5

12

Deciduous

73. Sub-oceanic, wet, vigorous nutritious organic black alder wood

2

7

12

Deciduous

74. Sub-oceanic, moist-flooded, vigorous nutritious organic grey alder wood

2

7

12

Deciduous

75. Sub-oceanic, moist-flooded, vigorous nutritious organic Prunus padus-ash wood

1

2

14

Coniferous

76. Moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, quite nutrient-poor carbonate-containing mountain pine crooked wood

1

2

14

Coniferous

77. Moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, quite nutrient-poor carbonate-containing spruce wood

1

2

14

Mixed

78. Moderate mountain climate, moderately dry to fresh, quite nutrient-poor carbonate-containing spruce-beech wood

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