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Table 1 Stem water potential inducing 50% loss of xylem conductivity (P50, MPa) for petiole and stem of three species

From: Lack of vulnerability segmentation in four angiosperm tree species: evidence from direct X-ray microtomography observation

Species

Petiole

Stem

P50VC

P50TK

P. tremula

1.29 [1.02, 1.85]

1.36 [1.30]

1.40 [1.39, 1.41]

B. pendula

1.83 [1.83, 1.93]

1.85 [1.71, 2.00]

1.88 [1.71, 2.07]

L. tulipifera

2.17 [1.68, 2.29]

1.70 [1.41, 2.66]

1.52 [1.22, 1.83]

O. europaea

5.34 [4.62]

6.07 [4.80]

5.74 [4.59]

  1. Numbers in brackets indicate the upper and lower bound of 95% confidence interval. P50 of petioles are estimated by vessel counting, while P50 of stem are shown as values based on either vessel counting (P50VC) or theoretical conductivity (P50TK). Note that missing upper bound of confidence interval of means values were unable to be estimated precisely due to insufficient datapoints at more negative water potentials