Research Article

[Retracted] Variations in Stable Carbon Isotope Composition and Leaf Traits of Picea schrenkiana var. tianschanica along an Altitude Gradient in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

Table 2

Significance of the altitudinal effects on leaf traits.


()
LA
(cm2)
SD
(number·mm−2)
LNC
(mg·g−1)
LPC
(mg·g−1)
LKC
(mg·g−1)
Chla + b
(mg·g−1)
LDMC
(mg·g−1)
LMA
(g·m−2)
Narea
(g·m−2)

SS25.4696.442.6260.7262.0246.139.430341.99292.017.4
MS2.877.44.729.029.127.34.43371.31032.41.9
27.7196.640.866.9190.9185.922.427.224.253.7
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001