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Table 5 Means and standard deviations (in brackets) and percentage of variables considered for the tree-quality assessment by species

From: Improving stem quality assessment based on national forest inventory data: an approach applied to Spanish forests

Species

N plots

N trees

dbh

H1Abranch

H1Dbranch

Crown H

% SG

% Pruned

P. sylvestris

1624

7169

30.1 (9.9)

6.7 (4.0)

3.3 (2.6)

7.6 (4.0)

0.2

16.9

P. nigra

535

2224

26.1 (7.3)

5.4 (2.8)

2.6 (1.5)

6.0 (2.9)

0

32.0

P. pinaster

2021

8058

33.7 (10.1)

6.7 (3.2)

3.9 (2.3)

7.2 (3.3)

0

18.5

P. radiata

64

279

33.8 (12.8)

6.5 (3.6)

2.3 (2.1)

8.3 (4.1)

0

30.1

Q. robur

20

63

37.4 (17.8)

4.3 (1.9)

4.3 (2.2)

6.2 (2.2)

0

0

Q. petraea

147

569

32.6 (14.5)

4.9 (2.8)

4.2 (2.3)

6.9 (2.8)

0.4

0.4

F. sylvatica

298

1210

30.8 (13.0)

4.1 (2.7)

4.4 (2.6)

6.0 (3.0)

0

0.1

C. sativa

74

227

30.4 (14.4)

4.4 (3.2)

3.2 (1.8)

7.1 (3.1)

0.4

7.0

  1. N plots number of plots sampled per species, N trees number of trees sampled, dbh mean diameter at breast height (cm), H1Abranch and H1Dbranch mean height of the first living and dead branch, respectively (m), Crown H crown height (m), % SG percentage of trees with spiral grain (dichotomic variable 0/1), % Pruned percentage of artificially pruned trees (dichotomic variable 0/1)