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Forest Ecosystems

Table 6 The overall rates of growth, and rates of growth on days when growth occurred, for the various treatments at each site

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

Site

Thinning treatment

Mean overall growth rate (mm2∙day−1)

Mean growth rate on “growth days” (mm2∙day−1)

Ratio of GD growth: Overall growth

Flynn

Thinned

32 ± 3.62

45.2 ± 5.61

1.4

Unthinned

8 ± 0.09

34.2 ± 5.99

4.3

Mt Gambier

Thinned twice

19.3 ± 4.36

26.8 ± 2.74

1.4

Thinned once

26 ± 4.7

37.5 ± 5.55

1.4

Never thinned

11.9 ± 0.91

23.5 ± 2.25

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