Appendix 3. Mean and standard deviation of cover of understory vegetation (herbaceous layer) (%) by variable-retention harvesting types

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2016	2017	2018
Treatments
AR15H	15.39±10.05	14.14±14.11	41.35±20.74	72.05±24.14	66.32±23.10	69.88±24.39	51.87±23.77	48.17±26.30
AR15R	14.67± 6.00	18.09± 8.08	20.64±10.98	31.41± 9.56	22.55± 9.11	46.45±27.86	40.00±20.64	58.31±22.99
AR50H	11.48± 8.31	11.31± 7.77	27.91±18.55	56.07±22.95	39.55±25.76	46.21±27.80	42.49±19.19	47.90±25.14
AR50R	10.94± 9.25	11.94± 8.78	16.66±12.07	22.34±14.89	24.71±20.31	25.26±18.85	24.43±15.53	25.58±21.95
C	10.87± 7.08	11.74± 9.15	14.73± 9.83	17.87±10.83	18.00±11.70	15.59±12.43	15.49±11.53	12.79±12.66
DR15	14.51±11.32	14.89±10.00	30.97±17.43	58.49±34.56	58.79±28.56	42.65±21.26	32.54±19.28	39.39±24.84
DR50	13.02±11.33	17.79±11.73	31.64±18.72	50.80±24.02	53.28±23.04	40.69±23.49	36.83±23.48	32.13±21.70