Analysis of Variance Resultsz | ||||||
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Speciesy | Soil treatment | Year | Species soil treatment | Species year* | Soil treatment year* | |
Water use measures | ||||||
Mean daily transpiration (mL) | ns | *** | *** | ns | ** | ** |
Mean daily transpiration per leaf area (mL·cm2) | ns | ** | *** | ns | ns | ns |
Biomass Measures | ||||||
Leaf area (cm2) | ns | * | *** | ns | *** | ns |
Leaf dry weight (g) | ns | * | *** | ns | *** | ns |
Stem dry weight (g) | * | *** | * | ns | ns | ns |
Caliper growth (cm·yr.−1) | ns | ns | *** | ns | ns | ns |
Height growth (cm·yr.−1) | *** | * | * | * | ** | ns |
Root dry weight (g) | * | ns | *** | ns | ns | ns |
Root volume (cm3) | *** | ns | *** | ns | ns | ns |
Root:shoot (ratio) | ** | * | *** | ns | ns | ns |
↵zANOVA results indicate that asterisks (*, **, ***) represent statistical significance at P ≤ 0.05, P ≤ 0.01, P ≤ 0.001 levels; ns indicates not significant.
↵ySpecies Acer × freemanii ‘Armstrong’, Armstrong Freeman maple and Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’, Brandywine red maple; the species by soil treatment by year interaction is not shown as it was insignificant for all measurements.