. 2015 Jul 23;6:511. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00511

Table 2.

Differences in soil moisture (SM), leaf water potential, leaf traits, xylem vessel traits and hydraulic conductivity among individuals of A. punctatum growing in different zones of small (P1, P2) and large forest patches (P3, P4) in Fray Jorge.

	Soil	-ψ_PD	-ψ_MD	SD	TD	LMA	VD	VDi			K_s
								75th	90th	Mean
P1
W	7.9^a	0.27^a	1.00^a	133^a	8.0^a	193^a	336^ab	19.2	21.4	16.8^a	0.35^a
C	10.2^a	0.33^a	1.27^a	125^a	6.0^a	161^a	366^a	18.8	21.3	16.6^a	0.22^a
L	4.8^b	0.60^b	1.67^b	141^a	9.8^a	190^a	272^b	20.3	22.9	18.0^a	0.16^a
P2
W	13.0^a′	0.82^a′	1.53^a′	154^a′	10.6^a′	214^a′	325^a′	18.7	21.0	16.5^a′	0.43^a′
C	14.0^a′	0.80^a′	1.56^a′	135^a′	7.0^a′	186^a′	295^a′	18.9	21.1	16.7^a′	0.26^a′b′
L	5.2^b′	0.89^a′	1.98^b′	153^a′	9.2^a′	231^a′	309^a′	19.7	22.1	17.3^a′	0.11^b′
P3
W	8.4^a′′	0.24^a′′	0.69^a′′	108^a′′	4.6^a′′	122^a′′	293^a′′	21.7	23.8	18.6^a′′	0.40^a′′
C	14.8^b′′	0.14^a′′	0.70^a′′	135^b′′	5.2^a′′	98^a′′	304^a′′	19.2	21.1	16.7^b′′	0.39^a′′
L	5.0^c′′	0.77^b′′	1.39^b′′	200^c′′	13.2^b′′	210^b′′	328^a′′	18.5	20.9	16.3^b′′	0.13^b′′
P4
W	10.1^a′′′	0.05^a′′′	0.76^a′′′	108^{a′′′′}	4.8^a′′′	179^a′′′	277^a′′′	19.8	21.5	17.3^a′′′	0.42^a′′′
C	14.4^a′′′	0.06^a′′′	0.72^a′′′	111^a′′′	4.8^a′′′	180^a′′′	300^a′′′	19	20.9	16.7^a′′′	0.34^a′′′
L	4.4^b′′′	0.88^b′′′	2.03^b′′′	141^b′′′	8.2^b′′′	336^b′′′	291^a′′′	20.2	22.6	17.5^a′′′	0.07^b′′′
Zone (patch)
p	D₈	F_4,48	F_4,48	F_4,48	D₈	F_4,48	F_4,48	F_4,48	F_4,48	F_4,48	F_4,48
	11.9	19.9	25.9	17.3	42.6	21.7	2.3	1.93	1.79	2.3	27.2
	< 0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.04	0.07	0.10	0.04	<0.001

Traits are abbreviated as: Soil, SM (%); -ψ_PD, leaf water potential at predawn (MPa); -ψ_MD, leaf water potential at midday (MPa); SD, stomatal density (N/mm²); TD, trichome density (N/mm²); LMA, leaf mass area (g/m²); VD, vessel density (N/mm²); VDi, Vessel diameter (μm; mean, 75th and 90th percentiles); K_s, native sapwood-specific hydraulic conductivity (kg MPa^-1 m^-1 s^-1). F-values and deviances are shown for traits with normally and non-normally distributed errors, respectively. Different lower case letters represent statistically significant differences between zones for each trait and fragment at 5%. Values indicate the mean from 5 individuals per patch-zone.