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Table 3.

Summary of plasticity values (sun/shade) for various growth measures: increment in height, number of branches and leaves, root collar diameter, and total biomass gain for homoblastic and heteroblastic (hetero) species.

	Height	Branches	Leaves	Root collar diameter	Total biomass
H. lyallii	17.3^a	27.2	14.2^a	2.9^a	62.2
H. sexstylosa (hetero)	19.3	17.3^a	18.3	3.8	53.5^a
A. serrata	21.5^a	20.3^a	14.7^a	4.2^a	117.1
A. fruticosa (hetero)	40.4	23.7	157.3	4.5	41.3^a
P. arboreus	8.8^a	NA	5.3^a	4.6^a	44.1
P. crassifolius (hetero)	19.2	NA	7.3	5.9	174.7^a
M. ternata	11.6^a	5.5^a	3.2^a	3.4^a	4.3^a
M. simplex (hetero)	15.4	21.2	22.4	5.0	137.3

NA, data not available.

^aRelatively better performance than congener in shade.