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. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e73854. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073854

Table 2. Mean values of morphological traits of Campanula thyrsoides per phylogeographic region and treatment (control versus clipped plants) measured in the common garden.

Region Treatment
WA CSA CAA SEA Control Clipped
Post-transplantation survival (%) 76.3a (10.2) 94.5b (3.1) 99.0ab (0.6) 78.7ab (7.4) - -
Leaf length to width ratio 2008 2.71 (0.11) 2.62 (0.09) 3.27 (0.24) 3.18 (0.33) 2.92 (0.15) 2.99 (0.16)
Leaf length to width ratio 2009 7.25 (0.42) 6.86 (0.36) 7.26 (0.45) 7.18 (0.57) 7.70a (0.10) 6.77b (0.24)
Number of leaves 106.3ab (9.7) 100.0ab (6.7) 128.3a (9.9) 82.4b (9.1) 126.0a (11.7) 84.1b (7.4)
Number of inflorescences 4.06 (0.55) 4.86 (0.23) 4.65 (0.31) 6.22 (0.87) 5.6a (0.4) 4.3b (0.5)
Maximum inflorescence height (cm) 37.21a (1.26) 38.86ab (2.21) 37.58ab (2.50) 52.33b (4.62) 43.1a (3.8) 39.8b (3.2)
Number of flowers 254.7 (31.0) 285.5 (23.3) 335.3 (33.7) 241.1 (66.4) 347.8a (38.3) 217.9b (10.3)
Above-ground biomass (g) 18.89a (2.67) 20.96a (2.62) 23.15a (4.52) 53.40b (4.44) 38.1a (11.1) 21.9b (5.2)

Means (SE) of regions are based on population means, which in turn are based on seed family means. Different superscript letters indicate significant differences (α = 5%) among regions using Tukey's HSD tests and between treatments based on significance of the treatment factor in the generalized linear mixed-effect models (Table 1). WA – Western Alps; CSA – Central Swiss Alps; CAA – Central Austrian Alps; SEA – South-eastern Alps.