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Table II
Number of stems by size class and species in five, paired experimental plots.
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| Size class | Species | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | p ∗ | ||
| All trees | P. engelmanii | 823.8 | 115.4 | 403.6 | 89.7 | 0.01 | ||
| P. menzeisii | 232.2 | 51.8 | 132.0 | 24.7 | 0.05 | |||
| P. flexilis | 234.0 | 40.8 | 242.6 | 95.0 | 0.91 | |||
| P. tremuloides | 231.2 | 66.8 | 118.0 | 38.2 | 0.13 | |||
| All species | 1521.2 | 130.0 | 896.2 | 92.0 | 0.00 | |||
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| Stems | P. engelmanii | 336.2 | 59.1 | 164.0 | 43.4 | 0.06 | ||
| 2.5–10 cm dbh | P. menzeisii | 68.6 | 23.0 | 21.4 | 7.0 | 0.05 | ||
| P. flexilis | 98.6 | 20.7 | 107.8 | 30.5 | 0.66 | |||
| P. tremuloides | 52.4 | 33.4 | 27.0 | 8.0 | 0.39 | |||
| All species | 555.8 | 90.4 | 320.2 | 30.8 | 0.05 | |||
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| Saplings | P. engelmanii | 300.6 | 50.9 | 214.6 | 72.7 | 0.21 | ||
| < 2.5 cm dbh | P. menzeisii | 31.0 | 7.5 | 35.6 | 10.2 | 0.74 | ||
| P. flexilis | 59.4 | 13.0 | 90.4 | 22.9 | 0.14 | |||
| P. tremuloides | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.18 | |||
| All species | 391.8 | 48.1 | 345.8 | 68.7 | 0.56 | |||