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Table 1 Mean diameter at breast height (DBH) and height for the 44 species to which the models of height-diameter relationships were fitted, where n is the number of trees

From: Evidence of climate effects on the height-diameter relationships of tree species

Species

n

DBH (cm)

Height (m)

Abies alba Mill.

31 807

33.1 (7.6, 134.3)

19.9 (2.4, 45.3)

Acer campestre L.

7473

17.2 (7.6, 75.8)

13.1 (2.2, 32.2)

Acer monspessulanum L.

1116

13.3 (7.6, 56.7)

8.5 (2.5, 20.8)

Acer opalus Mill.

1370

16.8 (7.6, 61.1)

11.1 (3.2, 25.4)

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

7416

22.4 (7.6, 106.3)

16.9 (2.2, 42.9)

Alnus glutinosa Gaertn.

5875

23.4 (7.6, 136.9)

17.2 (1.8, 38.4)

Arbutus unedo L.

1144

10.0 (7.6, 31.2)

6.1 (2.6, 12.5)

Betula pendula Roth.

16 139

18.5 (7.6, 69.4)

15.6 (1.9, 34.3)

Carpinus betulus L.

36 494

17.3 (7.6, 82.1)

15.1 (1.4, 36.8)

Castanea sativa Mill.

29 875

25.4 (7.6, 262.9)

15.1 (2.2, 38.3)

Corylus avellana L.

5935

9.2 (7.6, 30.2)

8.9 (1.4, 20.6)

Crataegus monogyna Jacq.

3416

10.3 (7.6, 39.5)

7.5 (2.0, 18.8)

Fagus sylvatica L.

57 733

30.3 (7.6, 174.1)

19.1 (1.6, 47.1)

Fraxinus excelsior L.

24 388

24.5 (7.6, 122.2)

18.6 (1.4, 44.5)

Ilex aquifolium L.

1311

11.0 (7.6, 60.5)

7.5 (2.2, 16.0)

Larix decidua Mill.

4154

33.9 (7.6, 179.2)

18.6 (3.1, 42.0)

Picea abies H. Karst

30 117

31.4 (7.6, 110.5)

20.7 (1.6, 46.5)

Picea sitchensis Carrière

2052

32.3 (7.6, 85.0)

20.3 (3.2, 39.1)

Pinus halepensis Mill.

4833

29.8 (7.6, 99.6)

12.5 (3.0, 29.6)

Pinus nigra R. Legay

5597

26.8 (7.6, 85.6)

14.1 (1.8, 35.2)

Pinus nigra var. corsicana Hyl.

5835

28.3 (7.6, 175.7)

15.9 (2.7, 44.1)

Pinus pinaster Aiton

22 511

32.5 (7.6, 123.2)

17.4 (2.5, 39.1)

Pinus sylvestris L.

35 343

28.6 (7.6, 93.6)

14.9 (1.4, 43.9)

Pinus uncinata Ramond ex DC.

2690

25.4 (7.6, 85.6)

10.5 (2.3, 24.9)

Populus tremula L.

7417

21.4 (7.6, 87.2)

18.1 (2.9, 40.0)

Populus spp.

1448

38.3 (7.6, 122.5)

24.9 (2.1, 48.0)

Prunus avium L.

7360

20.4 (7.6, 96.8)

14.9 (2.4, 37.9)

Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco

15 373

30.9 (7.6, 140.7)

22.1 (4.0, 48.0)

Quercus ilex L.

7657

16.4 (7.6, 198.9)

7.6 (1.7, 24.5)

Quercus petraea Liebl.

56 481

34.2 (7.6, 149.6)

20.1 (1.5, 43.1)

Quercus pubescens Willd.

29 460

20.6 (7.6, 192.3)

11.5 (1.8, 33.9)

Quercus pyrenaica Willd.

1769

24.8 (7.6, 96.4)

14.1 (2.5, 34.5)

Quercus robur L.

61 379

34.9 (7.6, 143.9)

18.8 (1.4, 43.0)

Quercus rubra L.

1477

24.5 (7.6, 119.4)

17.8 (4.5, 40.6)

Quercus suber L.

1674

30.7 (7.6, 117.8)

8.1 (2.2, 20.8)

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

8004

19.6 (7.6, 181.8)

16.1 (2.6, 37.6)

Salix caprea L.

4458

16.2 (7.6, 96.1)

11.0 (1.5, 32.0)

Salix cinerea L.

1085

16.8 (7.6, 96.8)

9.8 (2.0, 25.9)

Sorbus aria Crantz

3775

12.6 (7.6, 63.0)

10.0 (3.6, 26.0)

Sorbus aucuparia L.

1391

12.6 (7.6, 70.7)

10.1 (3.5, 29.6)

Sorbus torminalis Crantz

3281

13.0 (7.6, 53.5)

11.1 (3.5, 27.5)

Tilia cordata Mill.

2802

21.6 (7.6, 95.5)

16.0 (1.9, 35.5)

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

2393

22.6 (7.6, 101.2)

15.9 (3.2, 37.1)

Ulmus minor Mill.

2862

13.4 (7.6, 79.6)

11.2 (2.7, 34.8)

  1. The minimum and maximum of the variables appear in parentheses. Populus spp. includes all poplar species except Populus tremula