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Table 3 Features of two large and two small clones in a coppiced Quercus pyrenaica stand at the beginning of the 2012 growing season

From: Xylem and soil CO2 fluxes in a Quercus pyrenaica Willd. coppice: root respiration increases with clonal size

Clone

Surface extension (m2)

Number of stems

Mean stem diameter (cm)

Min-max stem diameter (cm)

Mean stem growtha (cm2 year−1)

P sex b

LARGE1

130

30

16.9 (0.6)

9.1–22.8

2.92 (0.26)

1.08 · 10−205

LARGE2

82

24

17.1 (0.6)

12.8–21.7

3.14 (0.38)

1.02 · 10−158

SMALL1

10

4

21.4 (0.7)

19.9–22.8

4.27 (0.50)

2.31 · 10−19

SMALL2

6

4

20.8 (0.6)

19.2–21.9

6.25 (1.24)

6.17 · 10−21

  1. aMean stem normal section increment in the previous 10 years
  2. bThe probability of the stems bearing the same genetic variables to have been originated by sexual events
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Annals of Forest Science

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