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Table 6 Means and standard deviations (in brackets) for the presence and number of branches in softwoods

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

Species

NbranchesA

NbranchesD

Nwhorls

H1whorl

MaxBranchD

P. sylvestris

6.5 (10.5)

14.0 (12.0)

11.8 (5.6)

1.8 (2.3)

42.4 (36.9)

P. nigra

9.6 (13.4)

20.1 (15.0)

14.0 (5.0)

1.3 (1.2)

35.1 (28.0)

P. pinaster

5.9 (9.9)

10.2 (9.8)

10.8 (5.0)

1.7 (1.8)

35.2 (34.0)

P. radiata

6.1 (10.6)

18.8 (13.9)

10.1 (4.0)

1.2 (1.2)

38.5 (33.1)

  1. NbranchesA number of living branches in the first 6 m, NbranchesD number of dead branches in the first 6 m, Nwhorls number of whorls visible in the first 6 m, H1whorl height of the first whorl, (m), MaxBranchD diameter of the thickest branch in the first 6 m (mm)
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X