Vertically Stratified Ash-Limb Beetle Fauna in Northern Ohio

Table 1

Characteristics of the trees from which ash limbs were suspended and of the limbs themselves.

Tree	Tree condition	Tree DBH^a (m)	Limbs suspended in canopy				Limbs on forest floor
			Basal diam. (cm)	Length (m)	SA^b (m^2)	Height^c (m)	Basal diam. (cm)	Length (m)	SA^b (m^2)
1	Living	0.60	6.8	4.3	2.6	17.4	7.5	4.0	1.9
2	Living	0.99	6.0	5.9	1.2	13.5	6.7	4.2	1.7
3	Living	0.68	5.4	5.1	1.4	16.8	4.9	4.8	0.9
4	Dead	0.43	6.3	4.4	1.9	10.7	8.5	4.4	2.6
5	Living	0.58	6.6	5.5	1.7	10.6	8.5	4.8	2.6
6	Dead	0.45	6.3	3.8	1.5	11.7	6.3	4.2	1.1
7	Living	0.51	6.1	5.9	1.8	13.9	7.5	6.0	1.3
8	Dead	0.41	6.0	3.6	1.1	13.0	8.1	5.0	2.1
9	Dead	0.57	5.0	4.6	1.1	13.7	5.7	5.1	1.4
	Mean ± SE	0.57±0.05	6.0±0.2	4.7±0.3	1.6±0.2	13.5±0.8	7.1±0.4	4.7±0.2	1.7±0.2

^aDiameter at ~1.3 m
^bTotal surface area of limb material from which beetles emerged.
^cDistance between the forest floor and the base of each limb.