Understory structure and function following release from cattle grazing and overstory thinning in Mediterranean conifer plantations

Table 1 Average projected canopy cover (PCC, %) and leaf area index (LAI) for six combinations of overstory thinning and cattle grazing treatments. Mount Horshan

Thinning treatment	Grazing treatment	PCC [%]	LAI
Non-thinned	Ungrazed 10 years	95.56 ± 2.22	3.57 ± 0.17
	Ungrazed 4 years	96.34 ± 3.21	3.63 ± 0.21
	Grazed	94.45 ± 2.68	3.41 ± 0.38
Thinned	Ungrazed 10 years	51 ± 6.7	1.61 ± 0.47
	Ungrazed 4 years	44.15 ± 9.43	1.33 ± 0.33
	Grazed	58.33 ± 4.20	1.78 ± 0.14

Non-thinned plots that were not thinned within the last 20 years, Thinned plots that were thinned within the last 20 years, Ungrazed 10 years subplots that were protected from grazing within the last 10 years, Ungrazed 4 years subplots that were protected from grazing within the last 4 years, Grazed subplots unprotected from grazing

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