Tree diameter, height and stocking in even-aged forests

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Table I

Estimates of β for even-aged plantings.

Species	Location	β	R²	N	Max D	Max H	Min N	Max N	Reference
					(cm)	(m)	(ha⁻¹)	(ha⁻¹)
Eucalyptus regnans	Tasmaniaz	4.51	0.88	279	76.6	62.8	61	5460	Mattay and West, 1994
E. pellita 1	Queenslandz	5.32	0.89	32	30.3	28.8	107	476	Bristow et al., 2006
Acacia peregrina 1	Queenslandz	5.47	0.77	32	20.7	20.3	71	571	Bristow et al., 2006
E. grandis	Queenslandz	5.58	0.95	202	66.9	55.6	100	1820	Mattay and West, 1994
E. diversicolor	Western Australia	5.72	0.74	104	76.4	65.0	320	3720	Mattay and West, 1994
Pinus radiata	ACT, Australia	5.99	0.97	359	30.5	36.7	537	2990	Snowdon and Benson, 1992
Tectona grandis	Myanmar	6.09	0.94	642	65.0	35.7	69	2098	Laurie and Ram, 1939
E. pilularis	Queenslandz	6.23	0.91	626	66.6	54.1	80	7180	Mattay and West, 1994
Betula pendula	Kazakhstan	6.54	0.94	60	22.0	23.4	340	33100	Usoltsev (pers comm, 1999)
E. obliqua	Tasmaniaz	6.56	0.79	473	76.2	55.5	40	7663	Mattay and West, 1994
E. delegatensis	Tasmaniaz	6.70	0.95	115	53.7	50.4	140	3860	Mattay and West, 1994
Pinus radiata	South Australia	6.99	0.93	3535	76.4	44.6	72	2899	Leech (pers comm,1994)
Pinus sylvestris	Kazakhstan	7.51	0.95	95	28.8	25.1	400	84000	Usoltsev (pers comm, 1999)
Picea sitchensis	Denmark	7.84y	0.94	998	44.2	26.8	30	7759	Vanclay et al., 1995
Araucaria cunninghamii 2	Queenslandz	8.83	0.96	104	29.6	17.1	42	3580	Lamb and Borschmann, 1998, Vanclay, 2006
Flindersia brayleana 2	Queenslandz	9.32	0.94	108	30.2	17.3	42	3580	Lamb and Borschmann, 1998, Vanclay, 2006

^†

This study used quadratic mean diameter (ΣD²/ N) ^0.5, which results in a higher slope than arithmetic mean D.

^‡

Australia.

^1,2

These species planted as a mixture (1: Bristow et al. 2006; 2: Lamb and Borschmann 1998).