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Table V

Correlations between Armillaria abundance and frequency variables and silver fir (Abies alba) stand characteristics.

Armillaria belowground Armillaria aboveground
Weight Length Frequency Dead tree colonisation Stump colonisation
Elevation ns ns ns ns – –
Slope ns ns ns ns ns
North exposition ns ns ns ns ns
Soil depth ns ns ns ns ns
Shrub cover ns ns ns ns + +
Herbaceous cover ns ns ns ns +
Moss cover ns ns ns ns ns
Light index ns ns ns ns ns
Moisture index ns ns ns ns – –
Nitrogen index ns ns ns ns ns
pH ns ns ns +
LAI + ns ns ns ns
Dominant height ns ns ns ns ns
Mean height ns ns ns ns ns
Density ns ns ns ns
Canopy closure ns ns ns ns
Hart-Becking index ns ns ns ns ns
Slenderness + ns ns ns ns
BA ns ns ns ns
Mean DBH ns ns ns ns ns
Type of mixture * ns ns ns ns
Silver fir dynamics index ns ns ns ns + + +
Harvested BA + + ns + ns ns
Number of interventions ns ns ns ns + +
Thinning intensity of the average intervention + + ns ns ns ns
Other sp. BA ns ns ns ns ns
Silver fir defoliation ns ns ns ns ns
Silver fir chlorosis ns ns ns ns ns
Other species defoliation ns ns ns ns ns
Silver fir mortality ns ns ns ns ns
Other sp. mortality ns ns ns ns ns
Mortality ns ns ns ns ns

Positive sign means a positive relationship.

+

p < 0.05;

++

p < 0.01;

+++

p < 0.001 and vice versa for negative relationships. Empty cells indicate non-significant at p < 0.05;

*

means significant differences at p < 0.05 (protected LSD) in class variables.