Inconsistent Growth Response to Fertilization and Thinning of Lodgepole Pine in the Rocky Mountain Foothills Is Linked to Site Index

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="193975.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijfr/volume-2012/193975/figures/193975.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Diameter</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="193975.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijfr/volume-2012/193975/figures/193975.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Volume</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Three-year crop tree diameter (a) and volume (b) growth in relation to thinning and fertilization treatments. Letters represent differences in total growth among the six treatments.</table>

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Figure 2: Inconsistent Growth Response to Fertilization and Thinning of Lodgepole Pine in the Rocky Mountain Foothills Is Linked to Site Index 