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Table 2 Stand characteristics of the planted kauri at the DK site in 2009, compared with equivalent data for all plantations and natural stands (North Island) surveyed by Steward ([2011])

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

Stand

Characteristic

 

Age (Years)

Mean top height (m)1

Quad DBH2

Quad MAI3

Stems ha−1

DK only

55

23.8

30.6

0.56

875

All stands

54

20.0

33.1

0.63

804

  1. 1Mean Top DBH to the modelled DBH expected when kauri reach the theoretical ‘top height’ (i.e. felling age/proportion in a forestry sense) at age 50.
  2. 2‘Quad DBH’ refers to the Quadratic Mean Diameter at Breast Height.
  3. 3Quad MAI refers to ‘Quadratic Mean Annual Increment (ie. growth)’.