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Crop Structure and Productivity for Unthinned Sitka Spruce 4714 %Basal areadead/ila.121086424 8 12 16 '20Top Heightl"ig. 3. Percentage basal area mortality in unthinned Sitka spruce for topheight. .mmortality figures encountered were approximately 40% of stemsdead, equivalent to 20% of basal area at a high stocking level (over5,000 per ha.) in a 36 year crop

48211815top'ht.mIrish ForestryIIIIffIfIII24/1---___ -;16/ I.1296II/""",-r.-/,/'"6/ / 12 survey data YC [estJ./ 12 BFC [19711 YC1020 30 40age yrsFig. 4. Height/age categories of unthinned Sitka spruce for yield classesdefined by volume production per annum at any age.DISCUSSION ON YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY CLASSESThe productivity classes which have been calculated representa wider range of production for top height, especially in youngcrops that has heretofore, been realised in this country. Patternsfor unthinned stands are not quite the same as shown by Hamiltonand Christie (1971) for thinned stands. In figure 5 production

Crop Structure and Productivity for Unthinned Sitka Spruce 4714 %Basal areadead/ila.121086424 8 12 16 '20Top Heightl"ig. 3. Percentage basal area mortality in unthinned Sitka spruce for topheight. .mmortality figures encountered were approximately 40% <strong>of</strong> stemsdead, equivalent to 20% <strong>of</strong> basal area at a high stocking level (over5,000 per ha.) in a 36 year crop

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