Competition effects in an afrotemperate forest

Forest Ecosystems

Table 5 Changing competition response of afrotemperate species with diameter class

Species	Canopy level	Diameter class			Response in competition sensitivity
Species	Canopy level	15	25	40	Response in competition sensitivity
Ass	Canopy	le	l	e	Changing response
Geel	Canopy	le	l	e	Changing response
Kal	Canopy	l		l	Light demanding
Kers	Canopy	l	l	l	Light demanding
Kw	Canopy	e		le	Changing response
SH	Canopy	l	n	n	Light to nonresponsive
Sw	Canopy	le	l	e	Changing response (CIs positive)
V	Canopy	l	n	e	Changing response
WP	Canopy	l	e	n	Changing response
YH	Canopy	l	l	le	Light/changing response
Kam	Sub-canopy large	le	n		Mixed
KH	Sub-canopy large	n			Non responsive
N	Sub-canopy large	n			Non responsive
Saf	Sub-canopy large	le	n		Mixed to non-responsive
Btol	Sub-canopy small	n			Non responsive
KE	Sub-canopy small	le			Mixed
RH	Sub-canopy small	e			Edaphic
Sy	Sub-canopy small	le	l		Mixed to light

The species are sorted according to their status in the canopy hierarchy, the centroid of the diameter class with the predominant CIs (l: light focused CIs (ITH, KKL-t), e: edaphic focused CIs, le: mix of l and e, n: non-responsive to any index (intercept only model)). If no significant model could be found the corresponding cell was left blank.