Table 2. General stand attributes in four different oak stands.

Stand No. of plot Elevation (m) Slope (°) Stand age (yrs) Stand density (tree ha−1) DBH (cm) Height (m) Basal area (m2 ha−1) Volume (m3 ha−1)
Q. acutissima 110 166±8c (27~431)* 24.8±0.7b (8~39) 36±1.1c (12~82) 766±31a (250~2,000) 19.82±0.45b (8.8~33.8) 13.7±0.2ab (8.9~21.0) 24.7±0.8b (7.6~53.0) 176±6.2b (19.4~333)
Q. mongolica 177 667±21a (91~1,268) 29.1±0.5a (13~42) 57±1.2a (28~92) 819±22a (225~2,150) 21.31±0.37b (9.3~36.6) 13.3±0.2b (8.0~17.6) 30.0±0.7a (10.5~60.7) 210±5.7a (65.2~431)
Q. serrata 96 317±20b (13~807) 26.1±0.8b (4~41) 43±1.0b (19~80) 527±22b (250~1,400) 24.74±0.75a (11.6~47.6) 14.4±0.2a (9.5~20.5) 26.2±1.1b (10.4~69.9) 174±7.4b (58.6~455)
Q. variabilis 148 340±14b (28~890) 30.4±0.3a (4~49) 43±0.8b (21~77) 852±33a (175~2,166) 20.35±0.39a (9.6~32.2) 13.3±0.2b (6.6~18.9) 27.2±0.7b (6.2~52.1) 207±8.5a (21.2~497)
Mean   411±12 (13~1,268) 28.0±0.3 (4~49) 46±0.6 (12~92) 765±15 (175~2,166) 21.3±0.24 (9~48) 13.5±0.1 (7~21) 27.3±0.4 (6~70) 195±3.6 (19~497)
Mean±standard error (min~max). Different letters among stands represent a significant difference at P<0.05.