Table 1.
Summary of selected stand characteristics of the study plots
| Site | Ecological type* | Stump age (year of origin) | dbh age (year of origin) | Mean dbh (cm) | Mean height (m) | Live + dead density (ha−1) | Live density (ha−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candle Lake – Rich | c1·2-jack pine–black spruce/Labrador tea/feather moss | 90 (1916) | 84 (1922) | 17·4 | 15·9 | 1767 | 1267 |
| Candle Lake – Poor | a1.1 jack pine/bearberry/ lichen | 90 (1916) | 84 (1922) | 12·7 | 13·0 | 2556 | 1656 |
| Thompson – Rich | v16 jack pine mixed-wood/feather moss | 73 (1933) | 71 (1935) | 15·9 | 13·7 | 1900 | 1367 |
| Thompson – Poor | v26 jack pine–black spruce/lichen | 73 (1933) | 69 (1937) | 9·4 | 8·0 | 3222 | 2089 |
*At Candle Lake, ecological classification is according to Beckingham et al. (1996), and at Thompson, according to Zoladeski et al. (1995).