Table 5.

Leaf number and area and dry weights of plants from three Quercus species.

Species	no.	Leaf	leaf	Dry weight (g)					Shoot to root dry weight ratio	Specific leaf area (cm² g)
		Leaf		shoot	Root type^{^z}			total plant
		area (cm²)		shoot	fine	coarse	total	total plant
Q. cerris	22.9A^{^z}	532.9B	3.3A	3.6A	2.5AB	6.6B	9.1B	15.9A	0.8A	161.5C
Q. pubescens	34.3B	414.0A	31.2B	23.4B	2.2A	3.8A	6.0A	60.6B	9.8B	13.2A
Q. robur	56.2C	898.5C	59.1C	53.4C	2.9B	4.0A	6.9A	119.4C	18.2C	15.4B

Means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different from each other at the α = 0.05 level using the Student-Neuman-Kuels test. Each value is the mean of 72 plants.
↵^zFine roots were < 2 mm in diameter; coarse roots were ≥ 2 mm diameter.