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. 2013 May 3;111(6):1167–1179. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct084

Table 3.

Percentage of the explained variation and significance values due to common garden, population and the interaction between common garden and population from the GLM and the GLZ for survival (Equation 6); coefficient of variation between (CVbp) and within (CVwp) populations, population differentiation for quantitative traits (QST) and log response ratio of the trait (L°*) for eight Pinus canariensis populations growing in two common gardens

Trait Com Gard Pop Com Gard × Pop CVbp CVwp QST Inline graphic
Hydraulic efficiency
Ks 15·33*** 1·45 0 10·06 76·09 0·076 (0·10) –0·42 (0·10)
Kl 10·53*** 3·58 1·28 20·72 79·11 0·089 (0·11) 0·40 (0·16)
Vulnerability to cavitation
P12 34·35*** 0 4·96 6·60 46·13 0·093 (0·08) 0·48 (0·15)
P50 53·11*** 5·48*** 5·50* 10·21 17·37 0·365 (0·09) 0·31 (0·12)
P88 42·75*** 9·00*** 8·39** 11·41 16·22 0·452 (0·08) 0·25 (0·13)
Slope 7·83*** 5·80*** 19·31** 17·80 31·66 0·365 (0·09) –0·16 (0·15)
Biomass allocation
Al:As 40·26*** 0·35 1·26 3·71 47·99 0·062 (0·09) –0·61 (0·15)
Stem morphology
H 94·12*** 0·11 0 2·88 21·13 0·044 (0·09) –0·92 (0·15)
Db 59·96*** 2·35 0 9·43 37·79 0·135 (0·09) –0·72 (0·12)
Needle morphology
LMA 73·16*** 4·31* 4·34* 9·85 25·61 0·157 (0·09) 0·35 (0·10)
Surv 17·87*** 4·80*** 2·21

The standard deviation is given in parentheses·

*P < 0·05; **P < 0·01; ***P < 0·001·

Ks, specific hydraulic conductivity; Kl, leaf specific hydraulic conductivity; P12, P50, P88, pressure causing 12, 50 and 88 % loss of conductance, respectively; slope, slope at the inflection point of the vulnerability curve; Al:As, branch leaf-to-sapwood area ratio; H, height 6 years after planting; Db, basal diameter 6 years after planting; LMA: leaf mass per area; Surv, survival.