Table 2.

Mean values, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values of stump height, number of stump sprouts per stump and diameter of large stump sprouts, per plantation.

Settings	Age	Soil type	Meana	Standard error	Variation coefficient	Minimum	Maximum
Height of the stump (cm)	8	Ferralitic	16.02b	0.38	41.18	4.00	30.00
		Ferruginous	16.67b	0.73	45.83	5.00	60.00
		Private	5.79c	0.11	26.65	2.00	8.00
		Vertisol	19.31a	0.41	17.05	10.00	25.00
	18	Ferralitic	14.30y	0.85	52.36	2.00	30.00
		Ferruginous	16.38a	0.63	43.80	2.00	30.00
		Private	5.77b	0.14	23.14	3.00	8.00
		Vertisol	16.34a	0.59	40.70	5.00	30.00
Number of sprouts per stump	8	Ferralitic	2b	0	66	0	6
		Ferruginous	2bc	0	90	0	6
		Private	3a	0	38	1	5
		Vertisol	2c	0	104	0	6
	18	Ferralitic	2c	0	75	0	5
		Ferruginous	4a	0	49	0	7
		Private	3b	0	34	1	4
		Vertisol	3b	0	38	1	6
Diameter of the big stump sprout (cm)	8	Ferralitic	4.14b	0.16	67.54	0.00	21.00
		Ferruginous	2.55c	0.26	106.40	0.00	15.00
		Private	5.56a	0.14	35.97	2.00	10.00
		Vertisol	4.02b	0.55	109.93	0.00	20.00
	18	Ferralitic	4.13c	0.31	65.30	0.00	12.00
		Ferruginous	5.41b	0.33	68.40	0.00	15.00
		Private	7.07a	0.23	30.05	3.00	14.00
		Vertisol	5.12b	0.13	28.03	2.00	10.00
Height of the big stump sprout (m)	8	Ferralitic	5.08a	0.17	59.01	0.00	19.00
		Ferruginous	3.16c	0.28	92.99	0.00	15.00
		Private	4.52 ab	0.08	24.38	2.00	8.00
		Vertisol	4.02bc	0.54	108.78	0.00	20.00
	18	Ferralitic	3.70b	0.36	84.43	0.00	15.00
		Ferruginous	5.97a	0.30	55.94	0.00	14.00
		Private	6.56a	0.19	27.24	4.00	11.00
		Vertisol	6.19a	0.31	56.48	2.00	20.00

^aThe means denoted by different small letters show significant difference at the 5% level.