Table 1.
Effects of species and wind velocity treatments, and their interactions on plant traits
| Plant traits | Species (S) | Wind treatments (T) | S × T | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | P | F | P | F | P | |
| Morphology | ||||||
| Height | 43.16 | < 0.001 | 20.06 | < 0.001 | 1.31 | 0.268 |
| Projected crown area | 146.12 | < 0.001 | 32.33 | < 0.001 | 3.09 | 0.012 |
| Stem base diameter | 204.97 | < 0.001 | 10.51 | < 0.001 | 3.00 | 0.013 |
| Root length | 71.48 | < 0.001 | 10.35 | < 0.001 | 1.59 | 0.167 |
| Overall bifurcation ratio | 10.52 | < 0.001 | 2.26 | 0.113 | 3.35 | 0.007 |
| Stepwise bifurcation ratio(1:2) | 13.18 | < 0.001 | 3.29 | 0.044 | 3.47 | 0.005 |
| Leaf length | 359.76 | < 0.001 | 4.81 | 0.012 | 1.03 | 0.413 |
| Leaf area | 51.88 | < 0.001 | 0.73 | 0.485 | 0.29 | 0.939 |
| Specific leaf area | 248.26 | < 0.001 | 0.08 | 0.921 | 0.30 | 0.937 |
| Biomass and allocation | ||||||
| Total biomass | 171.96 | < 0.001 | 9.60 | < 0.001 | 0.35 | 0.908 |
| Shoot biomass | 246.47 | < 0.001 | 10.67 | < 0.001 | 0.17 | 0.846 |
| Root biomass | 19.01 | < 0.001 | 2.63 | 0.080 | 0.77 | 0.599 |
| Root/shoot ratio | 61.17 | < 0.001 | 10.82 | < 0.001 | 7.40 | < 0.001 |
| Mechanical properties | ||||||
| Stem lignin content | 11.71 | < 0.001 | 0.38 | 0.687 | 0.72 | 0.637 |
| Stem cellulose content | 5.41 | 0.002 | 1.67 | 0.196 | 7.90 | < 0.001 |
| Lignin/cellulose ratio | 11.16 | < 0.001 | 0.7 | 0.500 | 3.11 | 0.010 |
| Second moment of area (I) | 16.57 | < 0.001 | 1.51 | 0.231 | 3.79 | 0.003 |
| Young’s modulus (E) | 10.93 | < 0.001 | 10.63 | < 0.001 | 4.52 | 0.001 |
| Flexural stiffness (EI) | 14.68 | < 0.001 | 3.09 | 0.054 | 0.69 | 0.660 |
Italic type indicates significant differences at p < 0.05