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Table 3 Means, standard deviations, minima and maxima for the sample tree, shoot and branch characteristics

From: Diameter and death of whorl and interwhorl branches in Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica Manetti): a model accounting for acrotony

Attribute

Mean

standard deviation

minimum

maximum

Tree (n = 32)

 C (cm)

76

59

13

226

 H (m)

14.67

10.00

3.46

36.10

 H/D

66.9

18.2

37.7

120.7

 HLW (m)

8.22

7.45

0.41

23.55

 CR (%)

52.5

22.0

18.8

94.2

Branch diameter model

 Total annual shoot (n = 1,507)

 MBD (mm)

30.58

23.89

1

194

 Sampled annual shoot (n = 455)

 MBD (mm)

35.42

24.29

3

194

 NB

13.00

8.33

1

60

 Lateral long shoot (n = 6,967)

 BD (mm)

13.42

16.65

1

194

 Lateral short shoot (n = 3,114)

 BD (mm)

2.74

0.81

1

7

Branch death model

 Annual shoot (n = 1,348)

 MBD (mm)

30.27

24.72

1

250

 Branch (n = 11,794 lateral long and short shoots)

 BD (mm)

9.93

14.16

1

250

 Living branch (n = 4,526)

 BD (mm)

13.24

17.78

1

250

 Dead branch (n = 7,268)

 BD (mm)

7.87

10.84

1

128

  1. See Table 1 for variable definition.