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. 2004 Apr;93(4):455–468. doi: 10.1093/aob/mch054

Table 4.

Overall mean, mean by variety and inter‐variety variance of the log‐transformed factors for each reorientation period (A, passive bending; B, passive uprighting; C, active uprighting)

Model Factor Unit All varieties ‘Lambertin’ ‘Modesto’ ‘Palsteyn’ Variance
A, passive bending Initial leaning cosϕ –0·34 –0·49 –0·40 –0·11 0·0260
Position of loads p2 –0·71 –0·85 –0·56 –0·72 0·0141
Relative load M/D2 kg cm–2 –1·36 –1·45 –1·42 –1·19 0·0135
Compliance 1/E 10–9 m2 N–1 –1·68 –1·70 –1·72 –1·61 0·0026
Slenderness (L/D)2 m2 cm–2 1·06 0·83 1·11 1·26 0·0318
B, passive uprighting Previous bending Δγ –0·09 –0·41 0·012 0·453 0·1230
Unloading rate ΔM/M –0·84 –0·82 –0·82 –0·92 0·0023
Diameter constancy [D/(D + ΔD)]4 –0·74 –0·63 –0·94 –0·42 0·0460
C, active uprighting Tension wood sin(β/2) –0·22 –0·39 –0·13 –0·14 0·0139
Slenderness L/(D + ΔD) m cm–1 0·10 0·11 0·06 0·13 0·0011
Diameter growth ΔD/(D + ΔD) –0·67 –0·56 –0·80 –0·65 0·0095