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Table 2 Tree population dynamics and diameter (DBH) growth in P. densiflora pure forests and P. densiflora-Quercus mixed forests in Mts. Jeombong and Odae during the study period

From: Review on the succession process of Pinus densiflora forests in South Korea: progressive and disturbance-driven succession

Stand

Tree species

No. of trees (ha−1)

DBH (SE) (cm)

Total

Survived

Dead

Dead (%)

Earlier

Later

Dead

P. densiflora stand (n = 11)

P. densiflora

454.5

436.4

18.2

4.0

28.8 (1.1)1

32.4 (1.0)

15.9 (0.6)

Quercus

225.0

213.6

11.4

5.1

11.3 (1.1)

13.3 (1.2)

9.1 (2.4)

Others

365.9

352.3

13.6

3.7

9.7 (0.3)

11.6 (0.3)

8.2 (1.6)

Total

1045.5

1002.3

43.2

4.1

18.3 (0.6)

21.0 (0.6)

11.2 (1.8)

P. densiflora-Quercus stand (n = 10)

P. densiflora

182.5

172.5

10.0

5.5

33.0 (2.5)

38.8 (2.6)

12.4 (1.9)

Quercus

887.5

660.0

227.5

25.6

15.0 (0.9)

17.8 (0.9)

9.9 (0.7)

Others

70.0

52.5

17.5

25.0

12.2 (2.0)

14.0 (2.5)

11.2 (2.4)

Total

1140.0

885.0

255.0

22.4

17.3 (1.0)

20.8 (1.1)

10.0 (0.6)

  1. Plot size, 20 × 20 m2
  2. 1Mean and standard error are indicated