Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Old Trees and the Meaning of ‘Old’ Fritz Hans Schweingruber and Christian Wirth While the mere presence of ‘old’ trees does not automatically indicate oldgrowth conditions (see Chap. 2 by Wirth et al., this volume), it is fair to say that many old-growth forests contain a high number of trees close to their maximum longevity.