Table 5 Seedling traits of the five natural stone pine (P. pinea) populations in Turkey

NC

13 (9–16)^c

11 (9–13) ^ab

12 (9–13)^b

11 (8–13)^a

11 (9–13)^a

12 (9–14)

SdL1

17.3 (6.2–23.6)^a

16.7 (9.6–22.0)^ab

15.6 (5.5–22.0)^b

17.0 (8.7–21.0)^ab

16.3 (10.0–23.5)^ab

16.6 (8.0–22.4)

SdL2

33.8 (24.6–45.7)^c

31.9 (22.9–39.6)^bc

29.3 (20.5–35.5)^a

37.7 (19.1–52.3)^d

30 (18.9–39.6)^ab

32.6 (21.2–42.5)

SdD1

3.2 (1.9–4.9)^c

3.3 (2.4–4.3)^c

2.9 (1.7–4.2)^ab

2.9 (1.9–3.5)^b

2.6 (1.2–3.8)^a

3.0 (1.8–4.1)

SdD2

6.1 (4.6–7.0)^b

6.1 (4.8–7.9)^b

5.8 (3.4–7.7)^b

5.3 (3.2–7.4)^a

5.8 (4.1–7.5)^b

5.8 (4.0–7.5)

LB1

4 (0–7)^a

5 (2–7)^a

4 (0–7)^a

4 (1–7)^a

4 (1–8)^a

4 (1–7)

LB2

5 (1–11)^a

8 (1–13)^c

10 (0–19)^d

5 (0–14)^ab

7 (2–13)^bc

7 (1–14)

BS

58^a

8^b

8^b

0^b

11^b

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