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Table 5 Basal area increment (BAI) of Scots pine, pubescens oak and other species, and tree ring width of Scots pine between 2015 and 2021. F and p of each ANOVA test are given. Abbreviations: control (CO), understory clearing (UC), understory clearing and pine thinning (UCPT), pine logging (PL)

From: Adapting forests to climate change: an experiment to promote different tree species in mixed Scots pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L.)

 

F

p

CO

UC

UCPT

PL

BAI Scots pine

3.9

 > 0.05

4.35 ± 1.17a

4.24 ± 0.85a

4.57 ± 1.78a

-

BAI pubescent oak

31.8

 < 0.001

0.67 ± 0.06b

0.50 ± 0.25b

0.08 ± 0.08b

3.10 ± 0.36a

BAI other species

1.3

 > 0.05

0.20 ± 0.20a

1.16 ± 0.47a

0.57 ± 0.46a

1.51 ± 0.61a

Tree ring width pines

13.2

 < 0.001

0.95 ± 0.03b

1.08 ± 0.03b

1.24 ± 0.05a

-