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 (%).

CategoryTreeSpring 2000Spring 2001GOF test
ControlledDamaged%ControlledDamaged%

C1Beech148521714.61146170.48<0.001
Mountain ash90624827.3790740.44<0.001
Maple2184420.1823110.43<0.001
Spruce40300.0037300.00(a)
Fir10410.9610000.00(a)

C2Beech104639237.4882910.12<0.001
Mountain ash345339.5738920.51<0.001
Willow600508.3336200.00<0.001
Spruce1202016.6712700.00<0.001

(a) Not computed (expected frequency lower than 5).