New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 3 Age structure of planted high forests

From: Managing planted forests for multiple uses under a changing environment in China

Age class	Area		Stocking volume
	1000 ha	%	1000 m ³	%
Young	18,662	39.6	357,099	14.4
Middle-aged	15,147	32.2	927,257	37.3
Close to mature	6,679	14.2	581,627	23.4
Mature	5,099	10.8	483,939	19.5
Post-mature	1,483	3.2	133,327	5.4
Total	47,070	100.0	2,483,249	100.0

Sources: The Eighth China National Forest Inventory ( SFA, 2014 ).

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