Response of biomass allocation patterns to thinning in Pinus halepensis differs under dry and semiarid Mediterranean climates

Table 1 Main characteristics of biomass sampling for dry and semiarid sites of (A) trees and (B) cones

n number of sampled trees or cones, d tree diameter at 30 cm above the ground (min-max, cm), CO _Age age of cones (year), D width of female cones (mm), L length of female cones (mm), T _C non-thinned plots (control), T _{5 – 9500} thinning in 1999 to a final density of 9500 trees ha⁻¹, T _{5 − 1600} thinning in 1999 to a final density of 1600 trees ha⁻¹, T _{5 – 800} thinning in 1999 to a final density of 800 trees ha⁻¹, T _{10 − 1600} thinning in 2004 to a final density of 1600 trees ha⁻¹, T _{10 – 800} thinning in 2004 to a final density of 800 trees ha⁻¹, T _5 + 10 thinning in 1999 to a final density of 1600 trees ha⁻¹ and thinning in 2004 to a final density of 800 trees ha⁻¹

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