Table 2.
Leaf mass (g) | Stem mass (g) | Root mass (g) | Total biomass (g) | Leaf mass ratio | Root mass ratio | ||||||||
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Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | ||
A. pulchella (n = 5) | − | 2.55 ± 0.30 | 1.67 ± 0.15 | 4.39 ± 0.51ab | 3.48 ± 0.14b | 3.11 ± 0.31 | 4.52 ± 0.66 | 10.04 ± 0.98 | 9.66 ± 0.83 | 0.25 ± 0.05a | 0.17 ± 0.02b | 0.31 ± 0.02b | 0.46 ± 0.03a |
+ | 3.09 ± 0.56 | 1.97 ± 0.24 | 6.59 ± 0.89a | 4.18 ± 0.55b | 4.45 ± 0.86 | 3.08 ± 0.45 | 14.13 ± 2.12 | 9.23 ± 0.94 | 0.22 ± 0.02ab | 0.21 ± 0.02ab | 0.31 ± 0.03b | 0.33 ± 0.03b | |
A. cygnorum (n = 5) | − | 4.81 ± 0.55 | 5.14 ± 0.76 | 3.98 ± 0.56 | 3.92 ± 0.77 | 8.38 ± 1.04a | 8.07 ± 0.66ab | 17.17 ± 1.11 | 17.13 ± 1.03 | 0.28 ± 0.03 | 0.30 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 0.47 ± 0.02 |
+ | 5.51 ± 0.35 | 5.76 ± 0.72 | 4.64 ± 0.43 | 4.38 ± 0.53 | 12.43 ± 1.67ab | 6.32 ± 0.66b | 22.58 ± 1.97 | 16.46 ± 1.31 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 0.54 ± 0.04 | 0.39 ± 0.04 | |
A. fraseriana (n = 5) | − | 5.26 ± 0.97 | 4.38 ± 0.45 | 4.66 ± 0.80 | 4.91 ± 0.59 | 8.69 ± 1.67ab | 5.30 ± 0.58b | 16.77 ± 2.91 | 14.59 ± 1.50 | 0.29 ± 0.03ab | 0.30 ± 0.02ab | 0.46 ± 0.03a | 0.36 ± 0.01b |
+ | 5.24 ± 0.49 | 5.58 ± 0.42 | 4.49 ± 1.17 | 4.56 ± 0.45 | 11.49 ± 1.29a | 5.24 ± 0.65b | 21.22 ± 2.10 | 15.38 ± 1.33 | 0.25 ± 0.03b | 0.36 ± 0.01a | 0.54 ± 0.02a | 0.34 ± 0.02b | |
A. manglesii (n = 5) | − | 3.18 ± 0.12 | 2.89 ± 0.25 | − | − | 5.84 ± 0.62a | 4.52 ± 0.25b | 9.02 ± 0.68 | 7.40 ± 0.30 | 0.36 ± 0.02a | 0.39 ± 0.03a | 0.64 ± 0.02b | 0.61 ± 0.03b |
+ | 2.76 ± 0.24 | 2.67 ± 0.30 | − | − | 8.96 ± 1.10b | 5.86 ± 0.47b | 11.72 ± 1.21 | 8.53 ± 0.72 | 0.24 ± 0.02b | 0.31 ± 0.01ab | 0.76 ± 0.02a | 0.69 ± 0.01ab | |
B. attenuata (n = 5) | − | 3.95 ± 0.36 | 4.28 ± 0.35 | 0.97 ± 0.14 | 0.97 ± 0.13 | 11.76 ± 1.79 | 10.58 ± 0.53 | 16.68 ± 2.10 | 15.83 ± 0.76 | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 0.70 ± 0.02 | 0.67 ± 0.02 |
+ | 4.43 ± 0.43 | 4.33 ± 0.37 | 1.23 ± 0.16 | 1.30 ± 0.28 | 11.23 ± 2.24 | 14.08 ± 1.84 | 16.89 ± 2.53 | 19.70 ± 2.30 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | 0.24 ± 0.02 | 0.69 ± 0.02 | 0.71 ± 0.02 | |
B. menziesii (n = 5) | − | 4.79 ± 0.71 | 3.51 ± 0.35 | 0.95 ± 0.10 | 0.78 ± 0.11 | 25.77 ± 2.45a | 12.69 ± 2.83b | 31.51 ± 2.94 | 16.98 ± 2.80 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.05 | 0.82 ± 0.01 | 0.72 ± 0.05 |
+ | 4.57 ± 0.31 | 4.89 ± 0.48 | 0.94 ± 0.09 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 24.23 ± 2.97a | 17.54 ± 2.58ab | 29.75 ± 2.79 | 23.42 ± 2.87 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 0.74 ± 0.03 | |
E. todtiana (n = 6) | − | 2.95 ± 0.17 | 3.19 ± 0.23 | 1.30 ± 0.14 | 1.48 ± 0.20 | 5.33 ± 0.70 | 5.63 ± 0.29 | 9.57 ± 0.77 | 10.50 ± 0.56 | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.30 ± 0.02 | 0.55 ± 0.03 | 0.54 ± 0.01 |
+ | 2.82 ± 0.22 | 2.90 ± 0.52 | 1.39 ± 0.18 | 1.31 ± 0.18 | 6.76 ± 0.73 | 5.57 ± 0.50 | 11.32 ± 0.94 | 10.19 ± 1.00 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.28 ± 0.03 | 0.59 ± 0.02 | 0.55 ± 0.03 | |
H. subvaginata (n = 4) | − | 2.31 ± 0.32 | 3.84 ± 0.22 | 1.36 ± 0.19 | 2.15 ± 0.26 | 3.81 ± 0.33 | 4.59 ± 0.65 | 7.48 ± 0.70 | 10.58 ± 0.89 | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.37 ± 0.03 | 0.51 ± 0.03 | 0.43 ± 0.03 |
+ | 3.61 ± 0.63 | 2.94 ± 0.12 | 2.30 ± 0.31 | 1.97 ± 0.27 | 4.62 ± 0.29 | 4.63 ± 0.61 | 10.52 ± 0.48 | 9.55 ± 0.56 | 0.34 ± 0.04 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.44 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.04 | |
J. floribunda (n = 3) | − | 2.92 ± 0.12 | 3.26 ± 0.94 | 1.16 ± 0.28 | 0.59 ± 0.12 | 11.51 ± 3.57 | 8.54 ± 4.9 | 19.68 ± 3.63 | 16.24 ± 6.91 | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.03 | 0.56 ± 0.08 | 0.47 ± 0.08 |
+ | 1.76 ± 0.53 | 2.65 ± 0.62 | 0.96 ± 0.41 | 0.42 ± 0.11 | 11.24 ± 5.09 | 7.47 ± 4.40 | 16.68 ± 3.71 | 13.60 ± 5.84 | 0.13 ± 0.05 | 0.23 ± 0.04 | 0.61 ± 0.14 | 0.47 ± 0.10 | |
K. glabrescens (n = 5) | − | 2.96 ± 0.18 | 3.53 ± 0.36 | 1.69 ± 0.13 | 1.77 ± 0.08 | 8.19 ± 2.12a | 3.29 ± 0.40b | 12.84 ± 2.34 | 8.59 ± 0.79 | 0.25 ± 0.03c | 0.41 ± 0.01a | 0.60 ± 0.05a | 0.38 ± 0.02c |
+ | 3.24 ± 0.27 | 3.15 ± 0.27 | 1.55 ± 0.09 | 1.46 ± 0.15 | 6.72 ± 0.99a | 3.82 ± 0.38ab | 11.51 ± 1.21 | 8.42 ± 0.76 | 0.29 ± 0.02bc | 0.38 ± 0.01ab | 0.58 ± 0.03ab | 0.45 ± 0.01bc |
Values presented are mean ± standard error. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments within species at P < 0.05 (from ANOVA with post hoc Tukey’s HSD test). A. manglesii is a perennial herb without true stems; hence, no values are reported for stem mass.