Forest Ecosystems

Table 5 Average growth of diameter (d), basal area (G), biomass, and carbon (C) by site and treatment

From: Carbon recovery following selective logging in tropical rainforests in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Site	Treatment	Annual increment/growth
Site	Treatment	d (cm∙year⁻¹)	G (m²∙ha⁻¹∙year⁻¹)	Biomass (t∙ha^− 1∙year^− 1)	C (t∙ha^− 1∙year^− 1)
1	Liberation	0.12	0.15	2.16	1.06
1	Refinement	0.11	0.19	2.42	1.19
1	Thinning	0.15	0.37	4.48	2.20
1	Control1	0.09	0.36	3.88	1.90
1	Control2	0.16	0.37	4.38	2.14
1	Control3	0.13	0.44	4.94	2.42
	Mean	0.13	0.31	3.71	1.82
2	Liberation	0.29	0.61	6.26	3.07
2	Refinement	0.33	0.79	8.68	4.25
2	Thinning	0.23	0.69	7.56	3.70
2	Control1	0.28	0.84	9.39	4.60
2	Control2	0.26	0.55	5.67	2.78
2	Control3	0.30	0.60	5.87	2.88
	Mean	0.28	0.68	7.24	3.55
3	Liberation	−0.06	1.20	11.88	5.82
3	Refinement	0.02	0.57	5.13	2.52
3	Thinning	−0.13	0.31	2.55	1.25
3	Control1	0.17	0.18	2.28	1.12
3	Control2	−0.01	0.05	1.05	0.52
3	Control3	0.13	0.30	2.60	1.28
	Mean	0.02	0.44	4.25	2.08
4	Liberation	0.34	1.91	13.72	6.72
4	Refinement	0.00	1.17	8.77	4.30
4	Thinning	0.69	0.78	6.64	3.25
4	Control1	0.52	2.48	14.08	6.90
4	Control2	−0.13	0.64	4.20	2.06
4	Control3	0.07	0.79	7.11	3.48
	Mean	0.25	1.29	9.09	4.45

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