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Table III

Temporal variability of seed germination, calculated on the basis of seeds collected in the given year and germinants found the following year.

Years Percentage of germinating
seeds (%)

Beech Fir Spruce
1995/1996 6.12 2.31 0.12
1996/1997 0.00 3.33 1.67
1998/1999 0.08 3.12 ?*
1999/2000 0.11 1.14 0.00
2003/2004 0.01 0.64 0.03

Average 2.83 1.39 0.11
*

In 1998, no spruce seeds were collected, but a few germinants appeared in two plots the following year.