Erratum to: Eur J Forest Res DOI 10.1007/s10342-010-0399-7

There are errors in the Materials and methods section of the original publication. In the subsection Study sites (2nd page, right column), all the stand specifications given for latitude are in fact for longitude and vice versa (4°45′-N and 41°15′-W should read 4°45′-W and 41°15′-N, etc.). In the subsection Sampling and database (3rd page, right column), the word ‘without’ was omitted in the last phrase of the 5th sentence of the 1st full paragraph. It should read ‘…without considering age groups’.