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Table 1 Summary information for the first and last measurements of the study plots

From: Evaluating Douglas-fir and western hemlock volume growth in response to thinning and fertilisation

 

Douglas-fir

Western hemlock

 

First

Last

First

Last

Total age (yrs)

38

64

47

72

 

(18 – 76)

(39 – 100)

(29 – 71)

(55 – 93)

Ave. DBH (cm)

16.4

24.2

22.0

32.7

 

(4.5 – 46.2)

(11.4 – 49.7)

(8.2 – 45.5)

(10.0 – 57.3)

Ave. height (m)

16.0

23.3

24.2

34.1

 

(3.9 – 38.3)

(11.3 – 41.2)

(11.0 – 41.1)

(12.4 – 46.6)

SPH

1651

1223

1753

925

 

(240 – 4840)

(340 – 3580)

(243 – 7660)

(229 – 2400)

Volume (m3/ha)

277.2

660.8

607.2

1118.9

 

(42.1 – 1087.0)

(241.7 – 1618.4)

(172.2 – 1515.3)

(546.5 – 1869.8)

Age at thinning (yrs)

37

46

 

(15 – 73)

(28 – 68)

Pre-thin volume (m3/ha)

312.8

369.8

 

(62.5 – 1126.4)

(248.0 – 1433.6)

Volume removed (m3/ha)

85.6

107.2

 

(13.1 – 369.6)

(78.9 – 623.3)

Site index (m)

26

28

 

(14 – 42)

(20 – 36)

No. measurements

7.3

7.1

 

(4 – 9)

(3 – 8)

  1. DBH is diameter at breast height. SPH is stems per hectare. The average for the variable is presented with values in parenthesis indicating the range for the variable. The thinning statistics are for the thinned plots only.