New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 3 Averages of leaf area index (LAI), water deficit index (WDI), water deficit (WD), annual precipitation (AP), volume growth (IVG), diameter growth (IDG), and height growth (IHG) for study sites

From: Leaf area and growth of Chilean radiata pine plantations after thinning across a water stress gradient

Site	LAI		WDI		WD		AP		IVG		IDG		IHG
Site	(m² m⁻²)		(mm year⁻¹)		(mm year⁻¹)		(mm year⁻¹)		(m³ ha⁻¹)		(cm)		(m)
Mean
P800	0.7	c	− 723	d	− 784	c	1002	e	13.1	b	1.5	c	1.5	a
P1100	1.9	b	− 382	c	− 501	b	1103	d	20.3	a	1.9	bc	1.4	a
P1500	2.3	ab	− 212	b	− 290	a	1623	a	24.4	a	2.5	a	1.4	a
P1700	2.0	ab	− 231	b	− 326	a	1462	b	21.5	a	2.0	b	1.3	a
P1750	2.6	a	−75	a	− 316	a	1322	c	22.0	a	2.2	ab	1.6	a
Standard errors
P800	0.03		19.76		17.56		25.03		0.41		0.08		0.08
P1100	0.27		8.75		9.33		1.53		1.63		0.11		0.01
P1500	0.13		0.60		2.19		0.59		0.39		0.14		0.05
P1700	0.04		9.14		2.17		4.16		1.05		0.08		0.10
P1750	0.17		2.59		4.41		7.24		0.61		0.05		0.04

n = 4. Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between sites

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