For me as a geobotanist I find Ellenbergs "Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe" always very helpful.

Here is a preview:

http://books.google.de/books?id=LQNxbuyPxawC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=ellenberg+ecology+central+europe&source=bl&ots=OJDBwTn5b8&sig=0XjSH-G6lRWNpyyPFh0h5W1b9s0&hl=de&sa=X&ei=SWw6U52YCZKkyAO8o4DoBw&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=ellenberg%20ecology%20central%20europe&f=false

Hi Victor,

I cannot lead you to a species specific map of Forests in Central Europe, but have a look at:

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2006-raster-3

This site has raster maps of land use (Corine 2006) at 250 and 100 m resolution. Thats a pretty high resolution. 3 to 4 forest classes are distinguished. Maybe that's a good start to ge more into detail for the species approach in Germany and Austria.

You can get tree species maps at the European Forest Institute EFi) after registration.

at:

http://www.efi.int/projects/tree-species-map/register.php

Cheers,

Frank

Hello Victor,

In general ICP Forests data (http://icp-forests.net/page/plots-data) can provide you with an overview of species monitored on a 16x16km grid; an other good source are the NFI (e.g. for Germany: http://www.bundeswaldinventur.de).

Best wishes,

Tanja

Hi, Victor, maybe you can find what you want in this website: http://www.efi.int/portal/virtual_library/information_services/mapping_services/tree_species_maps_for_european_forests/.

Cheers,

Yongshuo