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Table 2 Summary of the 256 samples from National Forest Inventory of Spain (NFI) located in Lugo Province and used for validation

From: Using GEDI lidar data and airborne laser scanning to assess height growth dynamics in fast-growing species: a showcase in Spain

Species

Attribute

4th NFI

March-Septemper 2009

5th NFI

May–October 2018

Annual height growth

Min

Mean

Max

Min

Mean

Max

Min

Mean

Max

SD

Pinus pinaster

(198)

Dominant height (m)

4.9

17.0

28.8

10.7

21.1

32.6

0.015

0.43

1.11

0.24

Basal area (m2·ha−1)

6.9

26.8

64.2

7.3

35.7

86.7

    

Volume (m3·ha− 1)

20.5

187.1

550.1

39.6

373.1

736.0

    

Pinus radiata

(49)

Dominant height (m)

8.7

17.8

34.5

12.9

22.9

39.2

0.04

0.56

1.47

0.37

Basal area (m2·ha−1)

8.4

25.7

63.8

12.0

35.7

86.7

    

Volume (m3·ha−1)

35.2

179.4

611.8

64.4

292.0

954.2

    

Eucalyptus globulus

Site index curves (SI = 16) (Diéguez-Aranda et al. 2012).

Age reference t = 2 and t = 6

 

3 and 2.5

  

Eucalyptus nitens

Site index curves (SI = 18) (Diéguez-Aranda et al. 2012).

Age reference t = 2 and t = 6

 

2.5 and 2