Table 1.
Mean luminance and evaporation in the study trees during dry and wet seasons. Superscript lower case letters indicate significant differences between trees (luminance KW: P < 0.001, n per species = 785–1404; evaporation ANOVA: P < 0.05, F(4,17) = 4.0). Luminance was calculated as percentage of the highest daily mean. Evaporation was calculated in relation to measurements with an ET gauge of STRI (see MM for details). + Evergreen, ° semi-deciduous, − deciduous species.
| Species | Dry season |
Wet season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance (%) | Evaporation (%) | Luminance (%) | |
| A. excelsum+ | 9.7a | 58a | 5.5a |
| B. alicastrum+ | 13.1b | 76ab | 7.1b |
| C. pentandra° | 16.2c | 69ab | 10.1c |
| P. septenatum− | 35.9d | 101ab | 13.5d |
| C. platanifolia− | 42.5e | 121b | 13.8d |