Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Mean values of hydraulic and leaf traits for evergreen and deciduous functional groups and the results of MANOVA to test the effect of leaf phenology on measured traits

From: Do karst woody plants control xylem tension to avoid substantial xylem cavitation in the wet season?

Traits	Deciduous	Evergreen
Ψ_min*	−1.33	−1.05
P_n	9.34	7.59
g_s**	0.3	0.17
K_l***	4.14	1.28
Ψ₅₀	−1.11	−2.03
K_lnoon	1.23	0.73
Loss	64.7	42.7
Margin*	−0.27	0.98
MANOVA	F	P
Functional group	2.654	0.181

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Trait abbreviations and units as in Table 2. MANOVA was performed using the Pillais Trace statistic (= 0.181)

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