Table 1.
Measured parameters (± standard deviation) for experimental species.
| SD mm-2 |
Dv mm mm-2 |
Pore length μm |
Pore depth μm |
gmax mmol m-2s-1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient (n = 12) | Palaeo (n = 12) | Ambient (n = 12) | Palaeo (n = 12) | Ambient (n = 12) | Palaeo (n = 12) | Ambient (n = 12) | Palaeo (n = 12) | Ambient (n = 12) | Palaeo (n = 12) | |
| Chimonanthus praecox | 513 ± 103.2 | 390 ± 102.2 | 8.3 ± 0.8 | 7.0 ± 1.0 | 10.4 ± 1.0 | 10.9 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 0.3 | 3.4 ± 0.3 | 2300 ± 279.0 | 1923 ± 298.9 |
| Magnolia delavayi | 343 ± 48.2 | 316 ± 72.7 | 6.6 ± 0.5 | 6.7 ± 1.1 | 8.9 ± 0.9 | 8.7 ± 0.8 | 5.8 ± 0.9 | 5.6 ± 0.9 | 1018 ± 210.8 | 908 ± 201.3 |
| Cornus capitata | 193 ± 21.8 | 210 ± 34.6 | 4.4 ± 0.3 | 5.1 ± 0.5 | 10.3 ± 0.5 | 10.3 ± 0.5 | 6.5 ± 0.6 | 5.9 ± 0.6 | 671 ± 74.3 | 774 ± 156.5 |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica | 104 ± 20.4 | 68 ± 14.7 | 4.3 ± 0.5 | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 15.9 ± 1.7 | 16.0 ± 0.9 | 8.6 ± 0.5 | 8.3 ± 0.8 | 599 ± 108.6 | 406 ± 75.0 |
| Cyathea australis | 171 ± 50.3 | 145 ± 50.5 | 3.3 ± 0.2 | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 12.4 ± 1.4 | 13.6 ± 1.7 | 9.4 ± 0.8 | 9.4 ± 0.5 | 649 ± 213.4 | 635 ± 216.8 |
SD, stomatal density, Dv, vein density, gmax, maximum theoretical stomatal conductance. n = 12 for all species except Zantedeschia aethiopica where n = 9.