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Table 7 Numbers of cambial initials and enlarging cells counted from samples from trees at the Flynn site in September, November and December 2011 and February 2012

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

Treatment

Date of sampling

Cambial zone cells (#)

Enlarging zone cells (#)

CZ cells/EZ cells

Thinned

2011/09/20

16.3 ± 2.9

14.3 ± 1.9

1.1 ± 0.05

2011/11/03

10.0 ± 1.0

10.0 ± 2.0

1 ± 0.10

2011/12/15

18.5 ± 0.5

15.5 ± 0.5

1.2 ± 0.07

2012/02/10

14.3 ± 1.3

14.3 ± 1.3

1 ± 0.01

Unthinned

2011/09/20

8.0 ± 0.1

6.0 ± 0.0

1.3 ± 0.01

2011/11/03

7.0 ± 1.5

5.3 ± 1.3

1.3 ± 0.08

2011/12/15

7.0 ± 1.0

5.7 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 0.33

2012/02/10

5.5 ± 0.5

4.0 ± 1.0

1.4 ± 0.23