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. 2012 Jan 11;169(3):637–649. doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-2240-5

Table 2.

Correlation between intra-individual scaling exponents of Norway spruce, European beech, and sessile oak

Species Characteristics \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{h ,d}^{k} $$\end{document} × \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{{{\text{csa,}}d}}^{k} $$\end{document} \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{h ,d}^{k} $$\end{document} × \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{v ,d}^{k} $$\end{document} \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{{{\text{csa,}}d}}^{k} $$\end{document} × \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ {{\upalpha}}_{v ,d}^{k} $$\end{document}
Norway spruce OLS regression
 a0(±SE) 1.12 (±0.011) −3.03 (±0.023) 6.43 (±0.127)
 a1 (±SE) −0.33 (± 0.007) 1.43 (± 0.009) −1.92 (±0.049)
 N 2,425 2,566 2,425
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
 R 2 0.461 0.904 0.385
Pearson correlation
 r −0.68 +0.95 −0.62
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
European beech OLS regression
 a0 (±SE) 0.62 (±0.005) −1.35 (±0.016) 6.64 (±0.362)
 a1 (±SE) −0.06 (±0.004) 0.75 (±0.006) −2.15 (±0.143)
 N 1,015 1,058 1,015
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
 R 2 0.192 0.930 0.183
Pearson correlation
 r −0.44 +0.99 −0.43
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
Sessile oak OLS regression
 a0 (±SE) 0.76 (±0.014) −2.91 (±0.014) 4.32 (±0.224)
 a1 (±SE) −0.10 (±0.008) 1.33 (±0.005) −1.03 (±0.085)
 N 1,705 1,993 1,705
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001
 R 2 0.074 0.969 0.080
Pearson correlation
 r −0.27 +0.99 −0.28
 p value p < 0.001 p < 0.001 p < 0.001

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