The minimum diameter at
breast height of sampled trees was 7 cm (mean 33 2 SE). The
mean stem density per plot was 488 81 SE trees per hectare;
(ii) at the regional scale using data from the national forest inventory
(BWI2 from 2001) for the two surrounding federal states
(Bavaria and Baden-W€urttemberg for Schw€abische Alb, Thuringia
and Hesse for Hainich-D€un, and Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern for Schorfheide-Chorin).