Research Article
Rodent Damage to Natural and Replanted Mountain Forest Regeneration
Table 1
Controlled trees (C1: younger; C2: older) in two successive years (after winter 2000 and 2001) and their rodent damage (%).
| Category | Tree | Spring 2000 | Spring 2001 | GOF test | Controlled | Damaged | % | Controlled | Damaged | % |
| C1 | Beech | 1485 | 217 | 14.61 | 1461 | 7 | 0.48 | <0.001 | Mountain ash | 906 | 248 | 27.37 | 907 | 4 | 0.44 | <0.001 | Maple | 218 | 44 | 20.18 | 231 | 1 | 0.43 | <0.001 | Spruce | 403 | 0 | 0.00 | 373 | 0 | 0.00 | (a) | Fir | 104 | 1 | 0.96 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | (a) |
| C2 | Beech | 1046 | 392 | 37.48 | 829 | 1 | 0.12 | <0.001 | Mountain ash | 345 | 33 | 9.57 | 389 | 2 | 0.51 | <0.001 | Willow | 600 | 50 | 8.33 | 362 | 0 | 0.00 | <0.001 | Spruce | 120 | 20 | 16.67 | 127 | 0 | 0.00 | <0.001 |
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(a) Not computed (expected frequency lower than 5).
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