Ectomycorrhizal communities associated with silver fir seedlings (Abies alba Mill.) differ largely in mature silver fir stands and in Scots pine forecrops

Table 2 Parameters of shoots and roots of 1-year-old Abies alba seedlings regenerating in fir stands (F) and pine forecrops (P)

Parameter	F1	F2	F3	P1	P2	P3	F	P
Height (cm)	4.64	4.96	5.06	4.76	4.43	4.82	4.89a^a	4.67a
Diameter (mm)	0.82	0.98	0.98	0.88	0.98	0.89	0.93a^a	0.92a
Dry weight (g)	0.039	0.061	0.050	0.040	0.050	0.040	0.050a^a	0.042b
Mycorrhizal seedlings (%)	90.0	96.7	100.0	96.7	93.3	83.3	95.6	91.1
Live mycorrhizas (%)	79.4	99.7	100.0	81.8	97.8	88.6	93.0	89.4
Non-mycorrhizal roots (%)	18.9	0.3	0.0	18.2	2.2	0.6	6.4	7.0
Dead mycorrhizas (%)	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.8	0.6	3.6

^aNumbers with the same letters indicate lack of statistical differences between F and P sites

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