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Table 2 Anatomical parameters averaged over the period from 1985 to 2014 (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

d (μm)

dh (μm)

TD (N mm−2)

Kp (kg m−1 MPa−1 s−1)

F1

29.4 ± 0.4 a

37.9 ± 0.4 a

610 ± 21 a

18.7 ± 0.4 a

F2

29.9 ± 0.9 a

38.1 ± 1.0 a

620 ± 42 a

19.6 ± 0.9 ac

F3

25.3 ± 1.7 b

32.8 ± 2.3 b

787 ± 115 b

13.1 ± 2.3 b

F4

31.2 ± 0.8 c

39.3 ± 1.2 c

548 ± 28 c

20.2 ± 1.6 c

  1. Tracheid diameter (d), hydraulically weighted mean tracheid diameter (dh), tracheid density (TD), potential sapwood area-specific hydraulic conductivity (Kp). Stand size classes with same lower case letters are not statistically significantly different (Tukey’s test results, P ≤ 0.05, dfmodel, error = 3, 596)
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Annals of Forest Science

ISSN: 1297-966X