Table 2 Comparison of plot means of thinned (B, D, E) and un-thinned (A, C) plots for acoustic tree sample and veneer sub-sample trees (means with the same letter are not significantly different)
Acoustic tree sample | Veneer tree subsample | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plot | N | Velocity | Diameter | Height | Taper† | N | Velocity | Diameter | Height | Taper† | Density | MOEL | MOET |
(km s-1) | (cm) | (m) | (cm m-1) | (km s-1) | (cm) | (m) | (cm m-1) | (kg m-3) | |||||
Site 803 | |||||||||||||
A | 52 | 4.05ab | 36.9b | 35.0b | 1.05b | 6 | 4.05a | 34.4a | 32.3a | 1.06a | 429a | 10.9a | 10.2a |
B | 52 | 4.00b | 44.8a | 38.0a | 1.17a | 6 | 4.01a | 44.2a | 37.5a | 1.17a | 447a | 11.3a | 11.2a |
C | 52 | 4.14a | 35.1b | 34.7b | 1.00b | 6 | 4.17a | 35.6a | 35.6a | 1.00a | 423a | 10.2a | 10.5a |
D | 52 | 4.04b | 43.3a | 36.7ab | 1.17a | 6 | 4.04a | 41.5a | 36.0a | 1.15a | 445a | 11.9a | 10.9a |
E | 52 | 4.01b | 37.9b | 35.5b | 1.06b | 6 | 4.01a | 32.6a | 32.5a | 1.00a | 450a | 12.6a | 12.6a |
Site 808 | |||||||||||||
A | 52 | 3.98a | 38.1c | 31.0a | 1.22d | 4 | 3.95a | 39.8a | 31.9a | 1.24a | 426a | 9.33a | nc |
B | 52 | 3.81c | 43.7ab | 30.1ab | 1.45b | 5 | 3.77a | 44.1a | 30.8a | 1.43a | 428a | 10.9a | nc |
C | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | nc |
D | 46 | 3.86bc | 46.6a | 29.7b | 1.57a | 6 | 3.86a | 47.1a | 29.4a | 1.60a | 436a | 10.7a | nc |
E | 50 | 3.93ab | 40.8bc | 29.8b | 1.36c | 6 | 3.91a | 40.9a | 29.8a | 1.36a | 429a | 10.7a | nc |