Table 2. Nested ANOVAs to assess the effects of species, sex and their interaction, on four growth variables measured in two periods.

	2001–2002			2005–2007
	THI	LPR		RGR	BP	LPR
Source of variation	F	F	df	F	F	F	df
Species	3.08*	17.89***	2	2.16	17.96***	10.30***	2
Sex	20.30***	5.26*	1	2.15	5.75*	4.23*	1
Pair[Species]	0.73	0.47	39	0.76	0.83	0.54	41
Species × Sex	2.19	0.71	2	0.10	4.26*	1.65	2

Total height increment (THI) and leaf production rate (LPR) for 2001–2002; relative growth rate (RGR), net biomass production (BP) and LPR for 2005–2007. *P<0.05, *** P<0.0001.