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Table 2 Summary of the National Forest Inventory (NFI) plots used to generate the growth forecasts with the matrix population model MARGOT (Wernsdörfer et al. 2012; Colin et al. 2017) applied on the silver fir population of the Grand Est region for the 5-year period 2017–2037

From: A generic information framework for decision-making in a forest-based bio-economy

Characteristics

Number of plots (n)

Minimum

Mean

Maximum

Plot level

    

Basal area (m2 ha− 1)

512

1

17

64

Tree density (tree ha− 1)

512

14

340

3010

Tree level

    

DBH (cm)

3789

7.5

32.1

107.8

  1. The NFI sample used to generate the results consists in \(\sim \) 100 plots containing silver fir per year during the five years, i.e. a total of 512 plots, on which 3789 silver fir trees were measured. DBH: diameter at breast height of at least 7.5 cm (1.3 m in height)
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X