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The damage caused by wind in middle-aged Scots pine stands on permanent thinning experimental plots Cover

The damage caused by wind in middle-aged Scots pine stands on permanent thinning experimental plots

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|Dec 2021

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Table 1

Amount of damage in different thinning treatments (Myszyniec, July 2002)

TreatmentNGHD
pcs ha−1m2 ha−1%mcm%
O147014.18950.119.419.7102.0
K3849.09925.519.920.0105.9
LD80022.48771.219.418.195.6
LS51812.42846.418.717.595.3
SD64317.03353.020.019.7100.7
SS57516.24755.318.617.496.3

1 Plots out of the experiment; other treatments described in the section ‘Materials and Methods’.

N – number of damaged trees, G – basal area of damaged trees, G % – basal area of damaged trees in relation to total basal area before windstorm, H – mean height of damaged trees, D – mean diameter of damaged trees, D % – mean diameter of damaged trees in relation to mean diameter of total stand.

Figure 1

Number of damaged trees (A – Nd) and their basal area (B – Gd) in different thinning treatments (Myszyniec)

Table 2

Amount of damage in different blocks of experiment (Myszyniec, July 2002)

BlockNGHD
pcs ha−1m2 ha−1%mcm%
1110427.91696.419.418.199.9
273017.84958.918.117.798.9
31945.75120.619.520.7106.1
468021.63162.520.819.597.2
5801.8615.719.217.695.6

[i] N – number of damaged trees, G – basal area of damaged trees, G % – basal area of damaged trees in relation to total basal area before windstorm, H – mean height of damaged trees, D – mean diameter of damaged trees, D % – mean diameter of damaged trees in relation to mean diameter of total stand.

Figure 2

Number of damaged trees (A – Nd) and their basal area (B – Gd) in different blocks of the experiment (Myszyniec)

Table 3

Amount of damage dependent on time of last thinning (Myszyniec, July 2002)

Thinning 2001/2002NGHD
pcs ha−1m2 ha−1%mcm%
Yes104326,04091.418.817.999.6
No3299.80730.719.719.199.6

[i] N – number of damaged trees, G – basal area of damaged trees, G % – basal area of damaged trees in relation to total basal area before windstorm, H – mean height of damaged trees, D – mean diameter of damaged trees, D % – mean diameter of damaged trees in relation to mean diameter of total stand.

Table 4

Amount of damage in different thinning treatments (Ostrów Mazowiecka, July 2011)

TreatmentNGHD
pcs ha−1m2 ha−1%mcm%
K581.1133.119.915.376.1
LD601.8625.722.019.789.5
LS401.4004.821.821.996.2
SD300.7372.320.017.585.1
SS601.3494.720.919.789.1

[i] N – number of damaged trees, G – basal area of damaged trees, G % – basal area of damaged trees in relation to total basal area before windstorm, H – mean height of damaged trees, D – mean diameter of damaged trees, D % – mean diameter of damaged trees in relation to mean diameter of total stand.

Figure 3

Number of damaged trees (A – Nd) and their basal area (B – Gd) in different thinning treatments (Ostrów Mazowiecka)

Table 5

Amount of damage in different blocks of the experiment (Ostrów Mazowiecka, July 2011)

BlockNGHD
pcs ha−1m2 ha−1%mcm%
1681.7195.519.516.283.5
2320.7782.421.118.583.9
3281.0033.023.221.885.9
4421.0483.421.018.986.7
5801.9146.120.018.889.2

[i] N – number of damaged trees, G – basal area of damaged trees, G % – basal area of damaged trees in relation to total basal area before windstorm, H – mean height of damaged trees, D – mean diameter of damaged trees, D % – mean diameter of damaged trees in relation to mean diameter of total stand.

Figure 4

Number of damaged trees (A – Nd) and their basal area (B – Gd) in different blocks of the experiment (Ostrów Mazowiecka)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2021-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 300 - 307
Submitted on: Jun 24, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2021
Published on: Dec 11, 2021
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Forest Sciences and Wood Technology and Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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