Table 4.
Specific leaf area (SLA) and P and N concentration per unit of leaf area of Embothrium coccineum (Ec), Gevuina avellana (Ga), Lomatia ferruginea (Lf), Lomatia dentata (Ld), Lomatia hirsuta (Lh), and Orites myrtoidea (Om) growing in their natural habitat.
| Siteanish (S Latitude) | Species | SLAanish (cm2 g−1) | [P] per leaf areaanish (μg cm−2) | [N] per leaf areaanish (μg cm−2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.2° S | Om | 50.1 (3.4) A- | 9.9 (0.0) A- | 170.0 (23.8) A- |
| Lh | 51.9 (1.3) Aa | 9.6 (0.0) Aa | 122.9 (11.5) Aa | |
| 37.4° S | Ec | 79.6 (6.8) Aab | 8.5 (0.4) Abc | 202.3 (7.9) Aabc |
| Ga | 59.5 (1.3) Ba | 7.0 (0.5) Aa | 172.5 (12.9) Bb | |
| Lf | 66.8 (3.3) ABbc | 6.5 (0.3) Ab | 142.9 (8.7) Bc | |
| Lh | 59.8 (3.2) Ba | 7.8 (1.1) Aa | 168.7 (3.8) ABa | |
| Ld | 71.3 (5.0) AB- | 6.7 (0.8) A- | 139.0 (4.3) AB- | |
| 40.3° S | Ec | 133.4 (7.7) Aa | 2.7 (0.4) Ac | 134.1 (9.9) ABbc |
| Ga | 65.6 (1.6) Ba | 7.2 (0.9) Aa | 157.0 (21.3) Ab | |
| Lf | 130.5 (2.7) Aa | 3.7 (0.3) Ab | 91.1 (5.4) Bc | |
| 41.1° S | Ec | 63.2 (2.7) Acd | 12.7 (1.7) Aa | 177.6 (16.3) Aabc |
| Ga | 56.0 (1.0) ABa | 10.4 (2.8) Aa | 146.2 (15.6) Ab | |
| Lf | 40.5 (0.8) Cc | 13.1 (3.0) Aa | 170.1 (25.2) Abc | |
| Lh | 51.1 (3.5) BCa | 12.4 (1.2) Aa | 142.2 (20.6) Aa | |
| 41.5° S | Ec | 88.4 (8.1) Ab | 7.6 (1.0) ABbc | 117.0 (7.7) Aa |
| Ga | 65.8 (5.3) Ba | 9.0 (1.0) ABa | 183.9 (1.1) Aab | |
| Lf | 94.2 (9.1) Aab | 4.9 (1.0) Bb | 120.5 (2.7) Abc | |
| Lh | 63.3 (4.5) Ba | 9.9 (0.9) Aa | 193.6 (46.1) Aa | |
| 42.1° S | Ec | 72.6 (4.6) Abcd | 11.1 (1.6) Aab | 237.1 (18.3) Aab |
| Ga | 53.7 (2.6) ABa | 12.5 (3.8) Aa | 219.8 (16.1) Aa | |
| Lf | 47.7 (2.0) Bbc | 8.2 (0.3) Aab | 221.6 (17.6) Aab | |
| 42.4° S | Ec | 75.4 (1.6) Abcd | 10.1 (2.17) Aabc | 250.1 (13.6) Aab |
| Lf | 48.4 (2.5) Abc | 11.6 (0.38) Aab | 276.4 (13.2) Aa | |
| 45.3° S | Ec | 69.4 (2.1) Abcd | 14.4 (2.6) Aab | 200.3 (4.2) Aabc |
| Lf | 89.3 (14.1) Aab | 9.7 (1.6) Aab | 155.7 (27.5) Abc | |
| 51.2° S | Ec | 59.7 (2.2) d | 15.0 (0.5) a | 253.5 (20.2) a |
Each value corresponds to a mean of 4–10 samples ± standard error in brackets. Different capital letters indicate significant differences among species within the same site and different lower-case letters indicate significant differences among sites within the same species (P ≤ 0.05).