Variability in seed germination and seedling growth at the intra- and inter-provenance levels of Nothofagus glauca (Lophozonia glauca), an endemic species of Central Chile

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 3 Means ± S.E. for germination parameters, seed mass, seedling growth and survival in Nothofagus glauca from pre-Andean sites in El Melado (ME), Vilches (VI), Las Lomas (LO) and Los Boldos (BO) and from coastal sites located in Licantén (LI), Coipué (CO), Costa Azul (CA), Curanipe (CU) and Tregualemu (TR)

Trait	Pre-Andean sites					Coastal sites						Overall mean
Trait	LO	VI	BO	ME	Average	LI	CO	CA	CU	TR	Average	Overall mean
GC	48.20 ± 5.03	29.24 ± 5.29	34.41 ± 6.34	19.29 ± 5.17	33.13 ± 3.08b	43.41 ± 8.07	45.19 ± 8.12	43.39 ± 7.67	27.73 ± 4.74	42.83 ± 11.52	40.21 ± 3.46a	36.8 ± 2.35
GV	2.78 ± 0.48	0.64 ± 0.18	0.85 ± 0.23	0.15 ± 0.08	1.14 ± 0.21a	1.99 ± 0.57	1.78 ± 0.51	0.84 ± 0.20	0.47 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.10	1.13 ± 0.19a	1.14 ± 0.14
SM	444.4 ± 19	421.2 ± 13	383.4 ± 10	457.7 ± 21	427.3 ± 9.3b	451.5 ± 21	577.0 ± 27	443.5 ± 21	482.2 ± 22	435.8 ± 38	482.8 ± 13a	456.2 ± 8.6
D	2.48 ± 0.08	2.24 ± 0.08	2.29 ± 0.11	2.46 ± 0.11	2.36 ± 0.05a	2.58 ± 0.09	2.50 ± 0.08	2.22 ± 0.06	2.22 ± 0.02	2.16 ± 0.12	2.34 ± 0.04a	2.35 ± 0.03
H	12.5 ± 0.86	12.4 ± 0.91	12.3 ± 0.85	10.6 ± 0.68	12.10 ± 0.43a	14.1 ± 0.83	11.7 ± 0.92	10.1 ± 0.60	10.4 ± 0.44	11.7 ± 1.10	11.54 ± 0.38a	11.8 ± 0.28
SUR	93.3 ± 1.97	95.1 ± 2.18	89.9 ± 4.19	25.5 ± 13.25	76.3 ± 5.50b	84.5 ± 9.65	87.4 ± 8.91	94.6 ± 2.13	98.2 ± 0.80	95.1 ± 5.12	91.3 ± 2.89a	84.1 ± 3.11

Different letters indicate significant differences for averages between provenances
GC germination capacity (%), GV germination value (%), SM mean seed mass (1000 seeds) (g), D root collar diameter (mm), H height (cm), SUR survival (%)