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Table 4 Linear regression models between leaf area index (LAI), volume growth (IVG) and water variables, water deficit index (WDI), water deficit (WD) and precipitation (AP), in the studied sites

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

Model

b 0

b 1

b 2

Residual standard error

R squared

p value

IVG = b0 + b1* WDI

25.2894*

0.0155*

 

2.42

0.69

< 0.001

IVG = b0 + b1* WD

28.9730*

0.0197*

2.03

0.78

< 0.001

IVG = b0 + b1* AP

1.9264

0.0141*

2.76

0.60

< 0.001

IVG = b0 + b1* LAI

10.2873*

5.1907*

1.90

0.81

< 0.001

LAI = b0 + b1* WDI

2.8767*

0.0029*

0.31

0.83

< 0.001

LAI = b0 + b1* WD

3.4210*

0.0034*

0.36

0.77

< 0.001

LAI = b0 + b1* AP

− 0.7139

0.0020*

0.58

0.41

< 0.003

  1. *Significance level of the parameter (p < 0.05)