Table 2.
Values of stomatal parameters for different nitrogen addition treatments in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak. All data were means ± SE (n = 64).
| Manchurian ash | Mongolian oak | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL (μm) | PW (μm) | SS (μm2) | Ds (10−2 N cm−2) | PL (μm) | PW (μm) | SS (μm2) | Ds (10−2 N cm−2) | |
| CK | 7.01 ± 0.70b | 3.04 ± 0.97ab | 17.57 ± 1.72b | 6.32 ± 0.45b | 6.36 ± 0.52a | 2.47 ± 0.58b | 12.78 ± 1.15b | 9.48 ± 0.45b |
| LN | 7.26 ± 0.14ab | 3.18 ± 0.27a | 18.10 ± 1.43ab | 8.28 ± 0.94a | 6.53 ± 0.19a | 2.54 ± 0.35b | 13.06 ± 2.20b | 11.89 ± 0.69a |
| MN | 7.66 ± 0.19a | 3.28 ± 0.27a | 19.74 ± 2.11a | 8.43 ± 1.14a | 6.71 ± 0.30a | 3.13 ± 0.12a | 16.52 ± 1.42a | 11.14 ± 0.26a |
| HN | 7.35 ± 0.05ab | 2.73 ± 0.13b | 15.74 ± 0.68b | 9.93 ± 0.90a | 6.25 ± 0.29a | 2.40 ± 0.19b | 11.81 ± 1.51b | 9.63 ± 0.69b |
Different lowercase letters (a, b, c) indicated significant differences between nitrogen addition treatments at P < 0.05. SS, stomatal opening status; PL and PW, stomatal pore length and width at the centre of the stoma; Ds, stomatal density. CK, the control; LN, low nitrogen addition; MN, medium nitrogen addition; HN, high nitrogen addition.