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Table I
Description of the studied forests.
| Forest | Geographic coordinates | Size of production | Altitude | Total sapling density | Gap age | Gap size |
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| (in decimal degrees) | forest (ha) | (m, a.s.l.) | in gaps (mean ± SD) | (y, mean ± SD) | (m2, mean ± SD) | |
| CeF 1 (Río Viejo) | 15.60111,86.66722 | 618 | 930 | 240 ± 51 | 8.0 ± 0.0 | 199 ± 43 |
| CeF 2 (Toncontín) | 15.60083,86.60111 | 1061 | 900 | 183 ± 57 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 235 ± 131 |
| CeF 3 (Yaruca) | 15.70028,86.60111 | 625 | 650 | 171 ± 43 | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 170 ± 33 |
| CeF (total mean) | – | 768 | 827 | 198 ± 56 | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 201 ± 80 |
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| CoM 1 (El Naranjo) | 15.71806,86.71722 | 1682 | 250 | 186 ± 81 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 259 ± 76 |
| CoM 2 (El Pital) | 15.68417,86.68472 | N/A | 500 | 206 ± 29 | 2.4 ± 0.5 | 293 ± 112 |
| CoM 3 (El Urraco) | 15.55139,86.61722 | 1709 | 950 | 69 ± 43 | 6.4 ± 2.2 | 252 ± 61 |
| CoM (total mean) | – | 1331 | 567 | 154 ± 81 | 3.8 ± 2.3 | 268 ± 82 |
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| NaF 1 (Las Mangas) | 15.71694,86.71806 | – | 850 | 178 ± 69 | 6.8 ± 1.1 | 269 ± 191 |
| NaF 2 (La Primavera) | 15.60111,86.75083 | – | 200 | 158 ± 6 | 7.2 ± 0.4 | 381 ± 130 |
| NaF 3 (Pico Bonito) | 15.71722,86.73389 | – | 200 | 163 ± 19 | 5.8 ± 1.3 | 251 ± 160 |
| NaF (total mean) | – | – | 403 | 166 ± 38 | 6.6 ± 1.2 | 297 ± 162 |