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Table 1 Selected attributes of the study plots including the timing of commercial thinning and prescribed burns (Treatment: 00 = control; 10 = thinned, not burned; 11 = thinned, burned once; 12 = thinned, burned twice). Means and standard deviations for basal area (BA) and average stand diameter (Dq), and the relative abundance of pines to hardwoods (Pine BA, %). na = not applicable.

From: Lichen Community Response to Prescribed Burning and Thinning in Southern Pine Forests of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA

Treatment

Stand name

Plot (n)

Thinning

Prescribed burn

BA (m2 ha−1)

Pine BA (%)

Dq (cm)

00

Ace

2

na

na

26.5 ± 11.4

55

21.7 ± 1.3

00

Laws

4

na

na

39.7 ± 8.3

81

22.8 ± 3.2

10

Ches/Som

2

2011

na

16.1 ± 13.0

72

23.5 ± 1.6

10

SCI-P2

3

2005

na

23.0 ± 4.0

87

21.7 ± 1.5

10

WIC-5

4

2013

na

16.7 ± 8.3

95

28.5 ± 5.3

11

WIC-2

4

2007

May 2011

27.6 ± 13.9

96

26.6 ± 4.5

11

WOR-1

2

2006

April 2011

16.1 ± 6.5

∼100

26.9 ± 3.6

12

WOR-4

4

2005

April 2009, April 2013

19.0 ± 8.3

∼100

27.9 ± 2.3

12

WOR-7

2

2007

April 2011, May 2013

13.8 ± 6.5

∼100

22.5 ± 0.5