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Table 5 Estimated date of onset and cessation, as well as the duration (± one standard error) of growth at the four study sites in years 2010–2012. Note that an onset/cessation could only be determined for the various sites in in certain years, depending on when the dendrometers were installed

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

Site

Treatment

Year on which annual growth started

Onset date

Cessation date

Duration (d)

Flynn

Thinned

2011

 

13-May

 

2012

19-Jul

16-Apr

271 ± 8.5

Unthinned

2011

 

12-Apr

 

2012

17-Jul

26-Mar

252 ± 3.4

Mt Gambier

Never thinned

2010

 

16-Apr

 

2011

21-Jun

15-Apr

297 ± 6.7

2012

21-Jun

  

Thinned once

2010

 

19-Apr

 

2011

05-Jul

21-Apr

290 ± 9

2012

15-Jul

  

Thinned twice

2010

 

05-Apr

 

2011

19-Jul

17-Mar

241 ± 11.1

2012

23-Jun