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Table 2 Estimates of accretion rate and mean carbon density 40 y after thinning based on live tree carbon only

From: Carbon accretion in unthinned and thinned young-growth forest stands of the Alaskan perhumid coastal temperate rainforest

Treatment

Carbon accretion rate

Mg C ha−1 y−1

Among plot standard error of accretion rate

Residual standard error

Carbon density at 40 y Mg C ha−1

Control

4.45 (0.31)

2.16

1.09

146.9 (7.4)

Low

5.01 (0.25)

1.87

1.28

93.4 (7.0)

Medium

4.83 (0.27)

2.20

1.04

66.3 (6.8)

Heavy

4.68 (0.31)

2.49

1.10

46.0 (6.2)

  1. Low, medium, and heavy treatments refer to thinning intensity. Values in parentheses are parameter standard errors
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