Table 5 Minimum pulse density (pulses m -2 ) required to produce at least 0.2 ground returns m -2 as a function of slope, crop stand density for the mean non-crop stand density (438 stems ha -1 ) and the most common non-crop stand density (0 stems ha -1 )
| Â | Non-crop stand density of 0 stems ha-1 | Non-crop stocking 438 stems ha-1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slope | Crop stand density (stems ha-1) | Crop stand density (stems ha-1) | ||||||
| Â | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 |
0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
10 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
15 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
20 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
25 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
30 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 10 | 20 |
35 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 10 | 27 | 27 |
40 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
45 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 27 | 27 | 27 |