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Table I
Characteristics of overstory vegetation in experimental plots in the mixed-coniferous, subalpine forest at the Catamount Center for Geography of the Southern Rockies (CCGSR).
| Basal area (m2 / ha) | # Stems | Canopy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plot No. | Treatment | Slope (°) | Aspect (°) | All species > 2.5 cm | > 2.5 cm dbh/ha | cover (%) | ||
| 1 | Reference | 30 | 30 | 30.6 | 1201 | 78.4 | ||
| 1 | Low-density | 23 | 30 | 23.0 | 792 | 73.1 | ||
| 2 | Reference | 38 | 342 | 39.0 | 1619 | 85.4 | ||
| 2 | Low-density | 35 | 352 | 20.4 | 832 | 63.4 | ||
| 3 | Reference | 22 | 320 | 36.2 | 1924 | 81.6 | ||
| 3 | Low-density | 25 | 296 | 31.0 | 1276 | 80.4 | ||
| 4 | Reference | 9 | 2 | 38.8 | 1284 | 87.8 | ||
| 4 | Low-density | 2 | 12 | 26.0 | 838 | 69.1 | ||
| 5 | Reference | 34 | 354 | 46.1 | 1604 | 87.4 | ||
| 5 | Low-density | 28 | 26 | 21.7 | 788 | 74.9 | ||
| p ∗ | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | |||||