Diameter and death of whorl and interwhorl branches in Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica Manetti): a model accounting for acrotony

Table 2 Sample stand characteristics

Stand name	Parent rock	Stand origin	Thinning regime	A (years)	H₀ (m)	H₅₀ (m)	N (ha^-1)	Cg (cm)	Hg (m)	\( \frac{{Hg}}{{Dg}} \)	S (%)	G (m²/ha)	CRg (%)
Citou	Siliceous	Plantation	Unthinned	20	8.2	25.7	1171	38	6.5	54	38.3	13.6	83
Sault	Calcareous	Plantation	Unthinned	27	10.2	21.6	2665	42	8.8	67	20.4	38.2	56
Stl	Calcareous	Plantation	Unthinned	32	6.3	11.7	2240	22	4.6	66	36.0	8.9	89
Lub	Calcareous	Natural regeneration	Unthinned	38	8.6	12.3	7661	28	7.0	80	14.6	46.9	34
B24	Calcareous	Plantation	Regularly thinned	62	12.7	9.8	432	84	11.9	45	40.8	24.3	56
B34	Calcareous	Natural regeneration	Regularly thinned	77	20.0	13.2	1192	79	18.3	73	15.6	59.8	26
R12	Siliceous	Plantation	Regularly thinned	83	25.7	16.6	335	147	23.1	50	22.9	57.6	39
R49	Siliceous	Plantation	Regularly thinned	95	34.0	20.7	132	185	33.6	58	27.5	36.0	36

See Table 1 for variable definition. The traits in italics were used to choose the stands

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