New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 1 Characteristics of 29 individual planted kauri trees at the DK site measured between 1986 (Pardy et al. [1992]) and 2010 (this study)

From: Raised in the wild south: a dendrochronological and dendrochemical profile of a far-southern stand of kauri (Agathis australis) on the Taieri Plain, Otago

Tree no.	Characteristic
	DBH (cm)		Height (m)
	1986 (Pardy et al.[1992])	2010 (current study)	1986 (Pardy et al.[1992])	2010 (current study)
292	21.8	36.5	13.7
295	11.3	16.9		10.2
296	24.4	37	15.2
297	15.0	18.8
298	19.7	32.6	11.6	19.9
303	15.7	20.1
304	15.9	23.5
305	19.8	32.8	14.3	20.5
306	12.8	17.4
307	19.3	31.9	11.7
308	16.6	25.6	10.7
309	16.5	25.4		21.1
310	21.9	36.6	14
311	16.6	26.9
312	16.8	28.1		17.1
313	24.8	38.2
314	21.5	36.2	12.8
315	17.6	29.3
316	17.5	28.8
317	20.9	34.3
318	18.5	30.7	12.5
320	21.2	36.1
321	20.2	32.9
322	19.4	32.3
324	20.9	35.4
325	23.8	36.6
326	18.8	31.5
327	20.2	33.1
328	15.7	24.7
Arithmetic mean:	18.8	30.0	12.9	17.8
Quad DBH ¹	19.1	30.6
Mean top height			14.9	23.8

¹‘Quad DBH’ refers to the Quadratic Mean Diameter at Breast Height.

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