TABLE 2.

Leaf relative water content (RWC) of Quercus acutissima, Quercus serrata, and Betula schmidtii in well-watered (WW) and water-stressed (WS) treatments.

Species	Treatments	RWC (%)
		After 2 weeks	After 8 weeks
Q. acutissima	WW	75.79 (0.49)a	76.79 (1.05)a
	WS	75.95 (1.25)a	31.50 (0.90)b
Q. serrata	WW	90.05 (1.10)a	89.05 (1.90)a
	WS	89.92 (1.28)a	72.48 (1.02)a
B. schmidtii	WW	85.79 (1.49)a	86.98 (0.92)a
	WS	85.98 (1.25)a	26.19 (1.02)b

Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences among treatments and species. Values in parenthesis represent the SE (n = 8).