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Table S2

Leaf, fruit and wood production of main tree genera at three tree species diversity levels (DL) normalized to the respective basal area (means of three plots per DL ± 1 SE). Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences between the DLs, capital letters indicate significant differences between the years, and greek letters indicate tree species differences within DL 2 or DL 3.

Leaf production Fruit production Wood production
(Mg m−2 basal area y−1) (Mg m−2 basal area y−1) (Mg m−2 basal area y−1)



2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2006 2007
DL 1 Fagus 0.32 ± 0.03 0.32 ± 0.01 0.33 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.02 0.39 ± 0.03 0.45 ± 0.02
a A a A a A a C a A a B a A a A
Total 0.32 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.01 0.33 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.02 0.37 ± 0.03 0.42 ± 0.01
a A a A a A a C a A a B a A a A
DL 2 Fagus 0.39 ± 0.07 0.38 ± 0.05 0.37 ± 0.04 0.01 ±   < 0.01 0.47 ± 0.20 0.05 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.07 0.47 ± 0.11
a A α a A α a A α a B α a A α a B α a A α a A α
Tilia 0.56 ± 0.12 0.43 ± 0.07 0.49 ± 0.17 0.06 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.07 0.03 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.03
a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α a B β a A β
Fraxinus 0.50 ± 0.12 0.48 ± 0.10 0.47 ± 0.06 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.17 ± 0.04 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.47 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.02
a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α a A α a A αβ
Total 0.41 ± 0.05 0.39 ± 0.05 0.38 ± 0.03 0.01 ±   < 0.01 0.33 ± 0.12 0.03 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.06
a A a A a A a B a A a B a A a A
DL 3 Fagus 0.43 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.04 0.02 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.12 0.04 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.10 0.40 ± 0.12
a A α a A α a A α a B αβ a A αβ a B αβγ a A αβ a A αβ
Tilia 0.38 ± 0.04 0.36 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.02 0.03 ± < 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.03 ± < 0.01 0.12 ± 0.03 0.23 ± 0.04
a A α a A α a A α a B α a A β a B β a A β a A β
Fraxinus 0.43 ± 0.15 0.39 ± 0.17 0.37 ± 0.16 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.11 ± 0.04 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.51 ± 0.05 0.57 ± 0.08
a A α a A α a A α a A β a A β a A γ a A α a A α
Acer 0.40 ± 0.06 0.34 ± 0.06 0.43 ± 0.21 0.07 ± 0.03 0.12 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.04
A α A α A α A αβ A β A αβ A β A β
Carpinus 0.58 ± 0.15 0.58 ± 0.06 0.34 ± 0.09 < 0.01 ± < 0.01 0.31 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.06 0.23 ± < 0.01 0.20 ± 0.01
A α A α A α B α β A α A α A β A β
Total 0.43 ± 0.02 0.40 ± < 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01 0.03 ± < 0.01 0.15 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02 0.29 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.05
a A a A a B a B a A a AB a A a A