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Table VI

Correlations between diameter at breast height (DBH), tree height (H), stem volume (V), wood density (WD), number of living branches (NLB), average branch length (ABL), relative crown base height (RCBH), relative cumulative cross-sectional branch area (RCBA), average branch angle (ABA) and relative average branch diameter (RABD) regardless of spacing.

Traits H V WD NLB ABL RCBH RCBA ABA RABD
DBH 0.197 0.946* –0.290* 0.445* 0.560* –0.535* 0.573* 0.213* –0.209*
H 0.389* –0.178 0.123 –0.017 0.037 –0.168 0.087 –0.225*
V –0.324* 0.412* 0.477* –0.450* 0.484* 0.201 –0.212*
WD –0.029 –0.013 0.021 –0.119 –0.075 0.167
NLB 0.154 –0.256* 0.243* 0.222* –0.282*
ABL –0.628* 0.357* 0.451* 0.262*
RCBH –0.300* –0.528* 0.122
RCBA –0.234* 0.392*
ABA –0.362*
*

Significance p < 0.05.