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Table I
Locations and general characteristics of sampling stands. The successional stage of the forest stand at each sampling stands was preliminarily assessed on the basis of forest-management history and field observations, and each plot was assigned to one of three categories (1: young; 2: stem exclusion; and 3: old growth stand).
| Locality | Site | Plot | Latitude | Longitude | Elevation | Aspect | Slope | Mean annual | Annual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (parent material) | (N) | (W) | (m) | (%) | temperature | precipitation | ||||
| (°C) | (mm) | |||||||||
| C1 | 36° 43′ 29′′ | 4° 58′ 09′′ | 1258 | NE | 38 | 12.6 | 1200 | |||
| Yunquera | ||||||||||
| C2 | 36° 43′ 25′′ | 4° 57′ 59′′ | 1195 | NW | 41 | 12.9 | 1200 | |||
| Sierra de las | ||||||||||
| Nieves | ||||||||||
| C3 | 36° 43′ 10′′ | 5° 00′ 29′′ | 1240 | NW | 21 | 11.9 | 1300 | |||
| (Calcareous) | Ronda | C4 | 36° 41′ 27′′ | 5° 01′ 44′′ | 1644 | N-NW | 41 | 11.6 | 1400 | |
| C5 | 36° 41′ 25′′ | 5° 02′ 04′′ | 1564 | N-NW | 45 | 11.6 | 1400 | |||
| Sierra Bermeja | S1 | 36° 29′ 07′′ | 5° 12′ 24′′ | 1414 | N-NE | 20 | 12.0 | 1300 | ||
| Los Reales | ||||||||||
| (Serpentine) | S2 | 36° 29′ 09′′ | 5° 12′ 27′′ | 1427 | N | 70 | 12.0 | 1300 | ||