Table 1. Characteristics of remnant trees sampled in Study 1 at the Tafua Rain Forest Preserve and Study 2 at the Falealupo Rain Forest Preserve, Samoa.

Study 1
Site
        Species
Mean dbh
(cm)
dbh range
(cm)
Mean height
(m)
Height range
(m)
Number sampled
Burned site
 Garuga floribunda
78.5
64–113
28.5
18–38.5
4
Terminalia catappa
80
58–93
25.4
23–27
5
Pometia pinnata
57
...
27.3
...
1
Crater site
Garuga floribunda
76
43–100
26.5
22–30
3
Dysoxylum maota
77
61–93
37.8
37.2–38
2
Pometia pinnata
82
65–100
33.5
30–38
3
Syzygium inophylloides
98
...
25.5
...
1
Terminalia catappa
138
...
32.5
...
1
Study 2
Site
        Species
Mean dbh
(cm)
dbh range
(cm)
Mean height
(m)
Height range
(m)
Number sampled
1993 site
Garuga floribunda
> 40 cm
...
> 20 m
...
7
Planchonella
   torricellensis
> 40 cm
...
> 20 m
...
1
1998 site
Garuga floribunda
> 40 cm
...
> 20 m
...
5
Ficus sp.
> 40 cm
...
> 20 m
...
1