Fig. 6

Growth responses to three pointer years (1994, 1997, 2002, from top to bottom) in the dominant crown class. Pointer years (underlined) correspond to abrupt negative changes in the growth patterns. Results are presented for pointer year (left panel), 1 year after pointer year (middle panel) and post-pointer year period (right panel), when no thinning occurred. The boxed numbers refer to the corresponding plot. Plots with a “*” differed significantly from the others (at the 5 % probability level in a pairwise Tukey test). Bottom numbers (X) means “X years since the last thinning”