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Table III

Temporal linear variations (1993 to 2005) of the foliar concentrations for the various plot groups. The slope sign is given by “+” and “–” and the degree of significance is codified as follows: P < 0.1: (+) or (–), P ≤ 0.05: + or –, P ≤ 0.01: ++ or – –, P 60.001: +++ or – – –.

n Data set1 Mass of100 leaves N S P Ca Mg K
Pedonculate oak 9 full (–)
acid soils restricted (+) – – –
Sessile oak 22 full – –
acid soils restricted (–) – – (–)
European beech 18 full + (–) – – –
acid soils restricted (+) – – –
European beech 8 full – –
eutrophic soils restricted – –
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The model was adjusted either on the full data set (all available years) or on a restricted data set (only the years 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005).