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Table 1 Values (mean [min, max]) of the variables for live and dead trees for fir, oak, and birch. D Breast-height diameter, relBAI relative basal area increment, BAL basal area increment, DCI distance-dependent competition indices, SMD stand mean diameter, CC canopy cover, PRE average annual precipitation, Pre1 and Pre7 average annual monthly precipitation in January or July, Tavg average annual temperature, Tmax average annual maximum temperature in July, Tmin average annual minimum temperature in January, TN, total nitrogen, CN ratio of soil organic carbon to nitrogen, SAND and CLAY fractions of soil texture

From: Climatic information improves statistical individual-tree mortality models for three key species of Sichuan Province, China

Variables

Fir (176 plots)

Oak (89 plots)

Birch (126 plots)

Live (3,642)

Dead (59)

Live (2,731)

Dead (68)

Live (2,088)

Dead (96)

D

25.1 [5.3,106.4]

25.6 [7.2,89.3]

15.4 [5.5,75.1]

16.3 [5.5,61]

15.2 [5.3,104.2]

12.4 [5.7,41.7]

relBAI

0.14 [0,0.8]

0.12 [0,0.5]

0.14 [0,0.8]

0.1 [0,0.6]

0.17 [0,0.9]

0.1 [0,0.6]

BAL

2 [0,7.2]

2 [0.1,5.5]

1.5 [0,5.6]

1.8 [0.1,3.5]

1.3 [0,7.2]

1.7 [0.1,6.7]

DCI

1.3 [0,14.3]

1.8 [0.1,10.4]

1.9 [0,11.1]

2.3 [0.1,13.5]

1.3 [0,20.9]

1.7 [0.1,4.1]

SMD

30.1 [8.6,58.3]

31.1 [17.6,49.1]

17.9 [8.6,54.8]

18.8 [9.8,36.4]

20.4 [8.7,57.8]

19.5 [8.9,40.2]

CC

0.6 [0.2,0.9]

0.5 [0.3,0.9]

0.7 [0.3,0.9]

0.6 [0.3,0.8]

0.7 [0.2,0.9]

0.7 [0.3,0.9]

Pre

838 [650,1299]

820 [678,1282]

966 [738,1445]

1005 [796,1445]

871 [657,1422]

898 [709,1422]

Pre1

4.8 [1,12]

6.7 [2.2,11.9]

5.3 [1.2,20.1]

6.8 [2.2,15]

5.2 [1.8,14.9]

5.5 [2.1,14.9]

Pre7

153 [115,266]

149 [121,254]

175 [122,279]

182 [126,262]

152 [114,252]

156 [122,252]

Tavg

3.7 [0.7,10.5]

4.3 [1.8,8.5]

6.9 [2.4,17.1]

7.8 [2.4,14.8]

5.1 [1.6,14.1]

5.5 [2.6,12.9]

Tmax7

18.6 [15.3,22.9]

19.6 [15.3,22.5]

20.8 [15.8,29.4]

21.9 [15.8,27.9]

20.1 [16.8,28.2]

20.4 [17.7,28.2]

Tmin1

-13.3 [-18.3,-4.1]

-13.1 [-17.3,-4.1]

-8.8 [-15.2,3.3]

-7.6 [-13.3,2.3]

-11.7 [-17.1,0.8]

-11 [-16.1,0.2]

CN

12.7 [7.7,17.6]

12.4 [7.7,17.6]

11.4 [6.5,17.6]

11.1 [6.5,16.9]

12.3 [7.2,17.6]

13.6 [7.7,17.6]

TN

0.4 [0.1,1.4]

0.4 [0.1,0.9]

0.4 [0,1.4]

0.3 [0,0.6]

0.4 [0.1,0.9]

0.4 [0.1,0.6]

SAND

45.3 [25.6,81.6]

42.3 [25.6,73.4]

42.1 [13.3,78.4]

35.1 [13.3,73.4]

41.1 [13.3,73.4]

38 [13.3,73.4]

CLAY

13.4 [3.3,27.2]

13.6 [3.3,21.5]

17.8 [3.3,53.2]

18.9 [3.3,50.8]

15.2 [3.3,50.8]

17.2 [3.3,50.8]