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Table 1 Species code, species names, number of measurements, and arithmetic mean and standard deviation (sd, cm) of diameter (dbh, cm) and diameter increment (id, cm/year) of the study site

From: Competition effects in an afrotemperate forest

Species code

Scientific name

English name

Canopy position*

N

dbh

id

Mean (cm)

Sd

Mean

Sd

Ass

Curtisia dentata

Assegai

c

2170

19.4

7.2

0.12

0.09

BH

Rapanea melanophloeos

Cape beech

c

35

15.5

4.7

0.29

0.12

BYH

Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa

False ironwood

s(c)

35

20.8

7.7

0.07

0.06

Btol

Diospyros whyteana

Bladder-nut

s

267

14.2

3.7

0.05

0.06

Geel

Podocarpus latifolius

Real yellowwood

c

2539

27.1

14.4

0.13

0.09

HP

Olinia ventosa

Hard pear

c(e)

9

33.1

26.2

0.43

0.22

KE

Canthium mundianum

Rock alder

s

184

16.8

5.4

0.14

0.09

KH

Lachnostylis hirta

Coalwood

s

189

15.9

4.9

0.13

0.08

Kal

Podocarpus falcatus

Outeniqua yellowwood

e

209

22.5

14.5

0.17

0.12

Kam

Gonioma kamassi

Kamassi

s

2573

15.1

3.5

0.09

0.08

Kers

Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus

Candlewood

c

1169

20.3

10.3

0.19

0.13

Kw

Psydrax obovata subsp. obovata

Quar

c

323

28.6

11.1

0.14

0.12

N

Halleria lucida

Tree fuchsia

s

155

16.7

6.0

0.07

0.10

RH

Ochna arborea

Cape plane

s

58

11.9

1.4

0.05

0.07

SH

Ocotea bullata

Stinkwood

c

491

27.1

12.2

0.12

0.12

Saf

Elaeodendron croceum

Common saffron

s(c)

947

17.3

6.8

0.10

0.07

Sw

Maytenus peduncularis

Cape blackwood

c

346

19.9

9.2

0.10

0.09

Sy

Cassine eucleiformis

White silky bark

s(c)

136

20.0

6.7

0.16

0.10

V

Nuxia floribunda

Forest elder

c

422

19.7

8.0

0.10

0.10

WE

Platylophus trifoliatus

White alder

c

13

20.6

9.6

0.23

0.11

WG

Burchellia bubalina

Wild pomegranate

s

31

11.3

1.3

0.07

0.05

WH

Ilex mitis

White wood, Cape Holly

c

12

24.8

5.9

0.46

0.14

WP

Apodytes dimidiata

White pear

c

988

22.6

8.9

0.09

0.09

YH

Olea capensis macrocarpa

Ironwood

c

4204

30.3

14.3

0.17

0.13

VRH

Kiggelaria africana

Wild peach

c

3

11.2

1.5

0.09

0.02

  1. *Canopy position indications (e: emergent; c: canopy; s: sub-canopy).