Table 1 Values of leaf anatomical characteristics for different nitrogen addition treatments in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak.

From: Effects of nitrogen additions on mesophyll and stomatal conductance in Manchurian ash and Mongolian oak

 

Manchurian ash

Mongolian oak

Tleaf (μm)

Tmes (μm)

Smes (μm2 μm−2)

AT/Ames

gias (10−2 m s−1)

gliq (10−4 m s−1)

Tleaf (μm)

Tmes (μm)

Smes (μm2 μm−2)

AT/Ames

gias (10−2 m s−1)

gliq (10−4 m s−1)

CK

130.1 ± 11.0bc

116.3 ± 5.1bc

12.1 ± 2.0a

1.91 ± 0.08ab

4.47 ± 0.37d

1.08 ± 0.06b

206.8 ± 3.2bc

158.1 ± 6.7c

12.9 ± 1.3b

1.81 ± 0.11a

5.41 ± 0.33c

1.14 ± 0.06b

LN

135.9 ± 5.1b

122.9 ± 4.2ab

14.2 ± 3.8a

1.74 ± 0.11b

11.93 ± 0.79a

1.19 ± 0.14ab

213.7 ± 4.7b

185.9 ± 3.5a

13.0 ± 1.5ab

1.67 ± 0.40a

6.21 ± 0.42b

1.24 ± 0.12ab

MN

148.2 ± 7.3a

130.2 ± 2.5a

15.2 ± 2.6a

2.35 ± 0.53a

10.13 ± 0.74b

1.28 ± 0.05a

227.4 ± 6.0a

171.2 ± 8.0b

16.0 ± 2.0a

1.85 ± 0.34a

7.22 ± 0.22a

1.32 ± 0.07a

HN

122.9 ± 3.6c

112.9 ± 3.3c

18.0 ± 5.0a

2.43 ± 0.16a

8.11 ± 1.03c

1.06 ± 0.07b

202.9 ± 2.4c

167.1 ± 4.1bc

14.4 ± 1.7ab

1.78 ± 0.22a

5.76 ± 0.59bc

1.17 ± 0.04b

  1. All data were means ± SE (n = 5). Different lowercase letters (a, b, c) indicated significant differences between nitrogen addition treatments at P < 0.05. CK, the control; LN, low nitrogen addition; MN, medium nitrogen addition; HN, high nitrogen addition.