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Table S1

Leaf, fruit, wood and total above-ground (sum of leaves, wood, fruits) production of main tree genera at different tree species diversity levels (DL) (means ± 1 SE; data from three plots). Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences between the three diversity levels, capital letters indicate significant differences between the years, and greek letters stand for differences between the species within DL 2 or DL 3.

Leaf production Fruit production Wood production Total above-ground production
(Mg ha−1y−1) (Mg ha−1y−1) (Mg ha−1y−1) (Mg ha−1y−1)




2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007
DL 1 Fagus 3.07 ± 0.19 3.14 ± 0.18 3.20 ± 0.16 0.16 ± 0.05 2.80 ± 0.18 0.95 ± 0.19 3.95 ± 0.44 4.53 ± 0.20 9.89 ± 0.78 8.68 ± 0.16
a A a A a A a C a A a B a A a A a A a A
Total 3.24 ± 0.12 3.38 ± 0.21 3.39 ± 0.15 0.17 ± 0.05 2.84 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.19 4.05 ± 0.46 4.64 ± 0.24 10.27 ± 0.86 8.98 ± 0.17
a A a A a A a C a A a B a A a A a A a A
DL 2 Fagus 2.35 ± 0.40 2.26 ± 0.16 2.25 ± 0.21 0.05 ± 0.02 2.56 ± 0.87 0.26 ± 0.05 2.58 ± 0.57 2.78 ± 0.45 7.40 ± 0.53 5.29 ± 0.28
a A α b A α b A α ab C α ab A αβ ab B α ab A αβ b A α a A α b B α
Fraxinus 0.81 ± 0.02 0.79 ± 0.04 0.81 ± 0.10 0.01 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.02 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.81 ± 0.13 0.69 ± 0.13 1.88 ± 0.16 1.50 ± 0.22
a A α a A β a A β a B α a A α a B β a A β a A β a A β a A β
Tilia 0.50 ± 0.19 0.40 ± 0.15 0.37 ± 0.12 0.01 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.05 0.19 ± 0.07 0.56 ± 0.21 0.58 ± 0.20
a A α a A β a A β a A α a A β a A β a A γ a A γ a A γ a A γ
Total 3.91 ± 0.21 3.66 ± 0.09 3.60 ± 0.13 0.10 ± 0.02 2.97 ± 0.92 0.30 ± 0.07 3.58 ± 0.56 3.74 ± 0.47 10.20 ± 0.64 7.64 ± 0.39
a A a A a A a C ab A b B a A a A a A a B
DL 3 Fagus 0.79 ± 0.38 0.69 ± 0.44 0.67 ± 0.39 0.03 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.08 0.12 ± 0.10 0.85 ± 0.44 0.84 ± 0.45 1.95 ± 0.46 1.63 ± 0.42
b A α b A α c A α b B α b A αβ b AB α b A α c A α b A α c A α
Fraxinus 0.79 ± 0.52 0.66 ± 0.40 0.64 ± 0.40 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.15 ± 0.07 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 1.06 ± 0.50 1.25 ± 0.62 1.86 ± 0.52 1.91 ± 0.60
a A α a A α a A α a B α a A β a B α a A α a A α a A α a A α
Tilia 1.21 ± 0.28 1.21 ± 0.35 0.95 ± 0.26 0.11 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.04 0.33 ± 0.12 0.66 ± 0.22 1.78 ± 0.42 1.72 ± 0.39
a A α a A α a A α a A α a A β a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α
Carpinus 0.62 ± 0.35 0.61 ± 0.28 0.35 ± 0.19 0.01 ±   < 0.01 0.35 ± 0.20 0.22 ± 0.13 0.24 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.06 1.21 ± 0.42 0.77 ± 0.27
A α A α A α A α A β A α A α A α A α A α
Acer 0.29 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.09 0.05 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.04 0.44 ± 0.01 0.46 ± 0.12
A α A α A α A α A βγ A α A α A α A α A α
Total 3.93 ± 0.34 3.59 ± 0.25 3.10 ± 0.30 0.23 ± 0.04 1.31 ± 0.19 0.48 ± 0.13 2.65 ± 0.64 3.13 ± 0.69 7.55 ± 0.73 6.72 ± 0.96
a A a A a A a B α b A ab B a A a A a A a A