Table 2. Foliar nutritional quality of leaf material analysed through in vitro digestion.

Mean foliar nutritional values % ± SE
Leaf	E. viminalisepicormic	E. obliquaepicormic	P	E. viminalisadult	E. obliquaadult	P
Total N	2.03 ± 18	1.3 ± 0.4	0.04	2 ± 0.02	1.19 ± 3	0.05
Ndig	62 ± 11	6.3 ± 2.6	0.0001	66 ± 3	15 ± 5	0.0001
AvailN	1.30 ± 33	1 ± 0	0.001	1.14 ± 0.16	0.17 ± 0.06	0.001
DMD	54 ± 3	31 ± 2	0.0001	52 ± 0	35 ± 2	0.0001
NDF	–	–	–	38 ± 2	48 ± 1	0.003

Notes.

Ndig (N digestibility), N (total nitrogen), Avail N (Available nitrogen), DMD (dry matter digestibility) and NDF (neutral detergent fibre). E. viminalis (n = 16) and E. obliqua (n = 11). P values obtained by Student’s t test assessing differences between same leaf ontogeny (i.e., epicormic or adult) of both eucalypts.