Genetic measures based on ten AFLP primer pairs, age and growth characteristics based on dendrochronological characteristics of Fagus sylvatica in three regions containing a dry and a mesic site each.

n, number of samples; %poly, percentage of polymorphic AFLP loci; He, expected heterozygosity; ± SE, standard error; DBH, mean stem diameter at 1.3 m height (cm); Age, mean age; TRW, median year ring width in 1957–2006; BAI, median basal increment in 1957–2006; SEN, average of the mean sensitivity of individual trees; TRW, BAI and SEN are based on ca. 10 trees per site.