Research Article
Effect of Forest Structural Change on Carbon Storage in a Coastal Metasequoia glyptostroboides Stand
Table 1
Characteristics of vegetation in thinned, underplanted, and unthinned stands (standard deviation in brackets); DBH is diameter at breast height.
| | | Overstory tree | Understory woody plant | Herb | | Stands | Height (m) | DBH (cm) | Density (trees ha−1) | Height (m) | DBH (cm) | Density (trees ha−1) | Height (m) | Coverage (%) |
| | Thinned | 19.3 (0.8) | 21.8 (1.4) | 600 (57) | 2.7 (0.7) | 4.1 (1.5) | 491 (58) | 0.8 (0.1) | 91.5 (4.9) | | Underplanted | 19.8 (1.3) | 22.1 (2.2) | 582 (52) | 4.0 (0.3) | 4.4 (1.3) | 1680 (85) | 0.6 (0.1) | 59.0 (8.5) | | Unthinned | 13.9 (0.5) | 15.8 (1.1) | 865 (53) | 2.1 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.1) | 278 (39) | 0.3 (0.1) | 12.5 (3.5) |
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