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Table 1 Main tree characteristics, mean sensitivity, and autocorrelation of tree-ring width (arithmetic mean ± SE)

From: Hydraulic traits and tree-ring width in Larix sibirica Ledeb. as affected by summer drought and forest fragmentation in the Mongolian forest steppe

Stand size

Forest size (km2)

Height (m)

DBH (cm)

Ring width (mm)

Mean sensitivity (%)

Autocorrelation

F1

< 0.1

20.2 ± 1.7 a

57.8 ± 4.3 a

0.29 ± 0.03 ab

39.6 ± 2.2 a

0.57 ± 0.06 a

F2

0.1–1.0

19.3 ± 0.8 a

36.9 ± 3.7 b

0.31 ± 0.10 a

37.8 ± 1.8 ac

0.67 ± 0.05 ab

F3

1.1–5.0

18.4 ± 1.0 a

30.4 ± 5.8 b

0.35 ± 0.08 a

35.7 ± 2.7 ac

0.68 ± 0.07 ab

F4

> 5.0

19.5 ± 1.5 a

30.5 ± 2.0 b

0.25 ± 0.04 b

27.2 ± 1.1 b

0.82 ± 0.03 b

  1. Number of samples: 5 trees per stand size class. Ring width data refers to the period 1985–2014. Stand size classes with same lower case letters are not statistically significantly different (Tukey’s test, P ≤ 0.05, dfmodel, error = 3, 15)
  2. DBH diameter at breast height
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Annals of Forest Science

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