Table 1.

Ring growth (mm 10⁻²; mean ± s.d.) and Lineal Mixed Model values for male and female trees in each age class. Male tree-ring growth is greater than that of females after reaching sexual maturity

	Male trees	Female trees	F	p
Age 1–30	321·39 ± 242·77	332·78 ± 281·92	0·020	0·889
Age 31–150	293·76 ± 205·61	249·44 ± 174·42	4·797	0·031