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Table 3.

Regression analysis of inter‐branch distance with branch extension towards neighbour (Fig. 5A, B) and neighbour avoidance index (Fig. 5C)

	Species	Branch category	Intercept	Slope	R ²	d.f.	F	P
Branch extension towards neighbour*	C. crenata	C‐H branches	–2·06	0·685	0·517	29	29·99	<0·01
	C. crenata	C‐C branches	–0·59	0·423	0·376	31	18·08	<0·01
	Other spp.	H‐C branches	0·77	0·304	0·143	29	4·682	<0·05
Neighbour avoidance index	C. crenata	C‐H branches	177·36	–14·50	0·551	29	34·42	<0·01
	C. crenata	C‐C branches	119·47	–7·24	0·094	24	2·391	N.S.

*The slopes (d.f. = 86, F = 2·58, P < 0·05) and intercepts (d.f. = 88, F = 2·42, P < 0·05) of the three regressions were not significantly different (ANCOVA).