Research Article
Inconsistent Growth Response to Fertilization and Thinning of Lodgepole Pine in the Rocky Mountain Foothills Is Linked to Site Index
Table 1
Site properties for each of the 15 stands.
| Site number | Site index
| Age
| Density
| Basal area
| Elevation
| Ecological subregion | (m @ 50 years) | (at breast height) | (stems ha−1) | (m2 ha−1) | (m) |
| 1 | 20.3 | 18 | 8000 | 23.0 | 1238 | Upper foothills | 2 | 20.4 | 16 | 11040 | 24.6 | 1281 | Upper foothills | 3 | 19.5 | 9 | 5740 | 5.8 | 1197 | Upper foothills | 4 | 21.7 | 6 | 5060 | 3.9 | 1104 | Lower foothills | 5 | 19.7 | 22 | 8300 | 17.0 | 1064 | Lower foothills | 6 | 21.6 | 21 | 8667 | 29.9 | 1041 | Lower foothills | 7 | 19.3 | 12 | 11160 | 15.3 | 1341 | Upper foothills | 8 | 21.4 | 7 | 6533 | 8.3 | 1255 | Upper foothills | 9 | 18.2 | 15 | 2420 | 11.1 | 1346 | Lower foothills | 10 | 16.6 | 19 | 3027 | 11.2 | 1473 | Upper foothills | 11 | 18.7 | 4 | 9200 | 1.2 | 1480 | Upper foothills | 12 | 20.8 | 18 | 6960 | 21.9 | 1084 | Upper foothills | 13 | 18.8 | 18 | 9280 | 15.3 | 1169 | Upper foothills | 14 | 18.4 | 18 | 14640 | 22.1 | 1208 | Upper foothills | 15 | 22.5 | 9 | 10080 | 14.9 | 1096 | Lower foothills |
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