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Table 2 Leaf shrinkage

From: Leaf shrinkage: a predictive indicator of the potential variation of the surface area-to-volume ratio according to the leaf moisture content

Species

Site

Shrinkage thicknesswise (%)

Shrinkage widthwise (%)

Shrinkage lengthwise (%)

Total shrinkage (%)

SD

CV

A. unedo

Souk L’Qolla

28.49 ± 4.25

6.35 ± 1.01

6.30 ± 0.87

41.15

8.20

19.93

Dardara

38.00 ± 2.84

5.84 ± 0.40

4.93 ± 0.52

48.77

6.88

14.12

Average

33.68 ± 2.78

6.08 ± 0.49

5.55 ± 0.51

45.31

8.15

17.99

C. siliqua

Ahl Srif

35.43 ± 2.50

3.60 ± 0.33

5.43 ± 0.33

44.46

5.46

12.28

Souk L’Qolla

39.38 ± 1.97

5.51 ± 1.60

4.33 ± 0.56

49.23

6.14

12.48

Average

37.23 ± 1.67

4.47 ± 0.77

4.93 ± 0.34

46.63

6.01

12.90

C. albidus

Souk L’Qolla

34.99 ± 1.86

11.58 ± 1.25

8.69 ± 1.20

55.26

2.79

5.05

C. crispus

Ahl Srif

27.14 ± 3.53

6.53 ± 1.00

6.24 ± 1.95

39.92

5.16

12.93

C. monspeliensis

Ahl Srif

33.63 ± 5.37

14.85 ± 3.15

7.52 ± 0.49

56.01

18.46

32.96

Souk L’Qolla

26.63 ± 6.35

20.07 ± 4.52

8.05 ± 1.12

54.74

27.32

49.91

Tanaqoub

17.92 ± 3.42

12.35 ± 2.94

6.37 ± 0.89

36.64

12.34

33.67

Bellota

34.16 ± 8.80

9.13 ± 1.76

7.77 ± 0.64

51.06

20.15

39.47

Average

27.82 ± 3.14

14.32 ± 1.77

7.41 ± 0.41

49.55

20.50

41.37

C. salviifolius

Larache

19.81 ± 3.14

11.40 ± 2.05

9.62 ± 0.99

40.82

11.81

28.93

P. canariensis

Ahl Srif

10.93 ± 1.43

14.29 ± 4.15

0.93 ± 0.09

26.14

4.68

17.89

Dardara

43.00 ± 2.82

20.67 ± 1.28

1.17 ± 0.20

64.83

5.39

8.31

Bellota

4.53 ± 2.43

5.25 ± 2.98

1.81 ± 0.56

11.59

2.86

24.65

Average

25.36 ± 5.56

15.22 ± 2.28

1.27 ± 0.18

41.85

24.97

59.67

P. pinaster

Souk L’Qolla

45.23 ± 1.26

27.63 ± 2.54

1.63 ± 0.32

74.49

8.02

10.77

P. pinea

Larache

48.07 ± 3.02

34.43 ± 3.51

3.39 ± 1.07

85.89

2.41

2.80

P. lentiscus

Ahl Srif

36.88 ± 3.56

6.50 ± 0.68

2.51 ± 0.29

45.88

7.38

16.09

Souk L’Qolla

35.83 ± 1.17

6.10 ± 1.23

3.63 ± 0.71

45.56

6.06

13.30

Dardara

45.60 ± 4.17

22.22 ± 3.42

4.66 ± 0.97

72.48

6.29

8.68

Average

38.67 ± 1.92

10.28 ± 2.00

3.46 ± 0.41

52.41

13.47

25.70

Q. coccifera

Bellota

26.12 ± 3.14

4.71 ± 0.68

3.34 ± 1.20

34.17

8.30

24.30

Q. suber

Larache

22.89 ± 2.57

3.15 ± 0.55

2.04 ± 0.58

28.09

5.75

20.49

Ahl Srif

30.27 ± 2.99

6.39 ± 0.82

2.63 ± 0.77

39.29

6.10

15.52

Tanaqoub

27.61 ± 2.31

5.82 ± 1.91

2.59 ± 0.27

36.02

9.54

26.49

Dardara

25.55 ± 5.04

6.03 ± 0.72

2.48 ± 0.17

34.07

11.69

34.32

Average

26.63 ± 1.58

5.26 ± 0.59

2.43 ± 0.27

34.32

8.72

25.42

V. tinus

Bellota

34.93 ± 2.52

4.90 ± 0.54

4.77 ± 0.93

44.60

5.11

11.46

  1. Measurements of the shrinkages thicknesswise, widthwise and lengthwise ± standard error. Total leaf shrinkage per species given for each site followed by standard deviation and coefficient of variation
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