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Table 2 treatments applied and initial planting densities at the study sites. T1 and T2 refer to the first and second thinnings respectively

From: Growth at the microscale: long term thinning effects on patterns and timing of intra-annual stem increment in radiata pine

Site

Treatment

Establishment stand density (stems∙ha− 1)

Establishment spacing (m between trees)

Thinning

Mt Gambier

Thinned twise

2222

2.5 × 1.8

T1 to 1111 in 2000; T2 to 555 stems∙ha− 1 in 2007

Thinned once

1111 stems∙ha− 1

2.5 × 3.6

T1, thin to 555 stems∙ha− 1in 2001

E3

556

5.0 × 3.6

None

Flynn

Thinned

1111(2.5 × 3.6)

2.5×  3.6

None

Unthinned

1111 (2.5 × 3.6)

2.5 × 3.6

T1 to 200 stems∙ha− 1 in 2008