Table 5.

Average characteristics of stumps and filler trees located within 5 m of each future tree.

Soil type	Age	Distance of the stump from the future tree (m))	Stump height (cm)	Number of stump spouts	Diameter of largest stump sprout (cm)	Total height of largest stump sprout (m)	Number of stump	Hegyi index	Distance between filler trees and future tree (m)	Diameter of neighboring trees (cm)	Diameter of future trees	Total height of neighboring trees (m)	Height of future trees	Number of neighboring trees	Hegyi index
Vertisol	8 years	3.36	19.89	1.37	4.03	3.91	2	0.29	3.36	14.92	19.32a	12.27	12.80a	7	1.99
		(1.59)	(2.72)	(1.08)	(3.49)	(3.47)		(0.44)	(0.43)	(1.23)	(0.75)	(0.68)	(2.08)		(1.16)
	18 years old	3.48	17.56	3.50	4.86	5.36	3	1.13	3.77	25.62	28.28a	25.43	24.89a	2	0.69
		(1.25)	(6.19)	(0.62)	(1.09)	(0.86)		(1.01)	(0.74)	(3.24)	(1.97)	(1.68)	(4.62)		(0.65)
ferralitic	8 years	3.17	16.50	2.25	3.92	4.67	4	0.31	3.46	15.20	19.92a	13.29	17.71a	5	1.44
		(0.91)	(5.02)	(1.28)	(1.91)	(2.21)		(0.31)	(0.36)	(1.20)	(3.16)	(1.51)	(2.82)		(0.66)
	18 years old	3.39	10.70	1.78	4.25	3.45	3	0.94	3.10	24.78	26.56a	25.10	24.28a	4	1.37
		(1.06)	(4.68)	(0.93)	(1.97)	(2.19)		(0.63)	(0.84)	(2.32)	(2.80)	(0.65)	(1.77)		(1.28)
Ferruginous (ONAB)	8 years	3.56	18.94	2.33	3.53	4.04	3	0.18	3.46	15.20	18.00a	13.29	15.76a	5	1.44
		(0.65)	(7.98)	(1.25)	(1.68)	(1.82)		(0.11)	(0.36)	(1.20)	(1.35)	(1.51)	(3.33)		(0.66)
	18 years old	3.31	15.34	4.30	5.29	5.97	5	1.45	3.10	24.78	28.80a	25.10	24.92a	4	1.37
		(0.58)	(2.56)	(0.93)	(1.89)	(1.77)		(1.06)	(0.84)	(2.32)	(3.05)	(0.65)	(1.81)		(1.28)
Ferruginous (private)	8 years	3.35	6.10	2.87	5.53	4.37	5	0.59	3.51	13.55	15.12a	11.82	12.02a	9	2.49
		(0.46)	(1.02)	(0.59)	(1.25)	(0.56)		(0.30)	(0.20)	(0.42)	(0.33)	(0.27)	(0.64)		(0.67)
	18 years old	3.56	5.89	2.74	6.85	6.38	5	1.46	3.46	16.11	18.52a	18.65	18.60a	10	2.84
		(0.35)	(0.45)	(0.26)	(1.38)	(1.20)		(0.99)	(0.18)	(0.42)	(1.26)	(0.54)	(1.12)		(0.74)