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Table 3 Mean (standard deviation) annual basal area increment (BAI) calculated during the 2 years preceding drought (BAIpre), during drought (BAIdrought), and during the 2 years following drought (BAIpost)

From: Drought response of upland oak (Quercus L.) species in Appalachian hardwood forests of the southeastern USA

Species

BAIpre

BAIdrought

BAIpost

BAIpre

BAIdrought

BAIpost

(cm2/year)

(cm2/year)

(cm2/year)

(cm2/year)

(cm2/year)

(cm2/year)

Drought 1

Drought 2

Northern red oak

17.65

17.57

19.44

22.97

22.65

22.03

(9.05)

(9.68)

(10.82)

(14.88)

(14.76)

(14.77)

Black oak

16.11

14.56

14.47

14.94

13.43

13.64

(8.00)

(6.10)

(6.40)

(7.26)

(5.41)

(6.21)

Chestnut oak

11.60

11.31

12.38

15.17

13.14

14.76

(6.94)

(6.63)

(6.77)

(7.44)

(6.03)

(6.85)

White oak

16.21

16.86

17.28

19.63

17.07

19.31

(8.77)

(9.31)

(8.85)

(11.09)

(8.32)

(9.47)