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)	(m^2 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