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Table 1 Characteristics of the species

From: Patterns of within-stem variations in wood specific gravity and water content for five temperate tree species

Species

Anatomical pattern

Shade tolerance

Fagus sylvatica

diffuse-porous

4.56 (0.11)

Acer pseudoplatanus

diffuse-porous

3.73 (0.21)

Quercus petraea

ring-porous

2.73 (0.27)

Quercus robur

ring-porous

2.45 (0.28)

Abies alba

softwood (tracheids)

4.60 (0.06)

Pseudotsuga menziesii

softwood (tracheids)

2.78 (0.18)

  1. In our study, Quercus petraea and Quercus robur were not distinguished. Shade-tolerance scores are those provided by Niinemets and Valladares (2006). Standard errors are given in brackets. Tolerance scales range from 0 (no tolerance) to 5 (maximal tolerance)
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X