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Table 7 Least-squares means by species and by site

From: Comparative performance of Eucalyptus bicostata, E. globulus, E. maidenii and E. pseudoglobulus on three northern New Zealand sites

Effect

Levels

Trait

  

DBH

HT

GCH

STR

FH

SUR

Species

E. maidenii

15.2 a

12.7 a

6.5 a

5.7 a

5.4 a

0.81 a

 

E. globulus

10.4 b

9.9 b

4.9 b

5.1 b

2.6 b

0.57 b

 

E. bicostata

10.2 b

9.0 b

4.0 b

4.3 c

3.0 b

0.71 a

 

E. nitens1

15.8

13.9

8.3

3.3

7.1

0.81

Site

Otaua

11.7 b

9.9 b

5.1 b

5.2 a

3.2 b

0.87 a

 

Kawerau

10.1 c

8.2 b

3.3 c

4.4 b

3.8 a

0.47 c

 

McKinnon

13.9 a

13.6 a

7.0 a

5.4 a

4.0 a

0.75 b

  1. Demonstration plots of E. nitena included as a comparison.
  2. 1 Differences for E. nitens were not tested against blue gum species means. Values for species means (within each trait group) when followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).