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Table A
Mean wood density and growth of Prosopis africana evaluated at 13 years in a provenance/progeny test in Niger. Means are given for all trees and separately for each provenance. Provenances are ordered by longitude, from west to eastabc .
| Code | BD | Height | DBHOB | DBHUB | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (kg/m3) | (m) | (cm) | (cm) | ||
| All trees | 606.3 | 3.79 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 1062–1078 |
| 28 | 608.3 | 3.18 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 28–31 |
| 26 | 589.7 | 2.87 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 24–28 |
| 27 | 577.9 | 3.09 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 36 |
| 24 | 590.7 | 3.11 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 21–23 |
| 9 | 605.3 | 3.55 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 35–36 |
| 6 | 614.9 | 3.97 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 62 |
| 10 | 609.7 | 3.73 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 37–39 |
| 1 | 609.3 | 4.13 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 26 |
| 2 | 610.4 | 3.87 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 59 |
| 7 | 618.0 | 4.24 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 43 |
| 5 | 607.3 | 3.95 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 55 |
| 4 | 609.4 | 4.01 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 60 |
| 3 | 598.2 | 3.45 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 37 |
| 11 | 596.9 | 3.83 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 64 |
| 12 | 610.1 | 4.07 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 66 |
| 13 | 632.4 | 3.96 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 30 |
| 15 | 612.7 | 3.61 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 27 |
| 17 | 622.8 | 4.08 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 36 |
| 18 | 606.5 | 3.81 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 49–50 |
| 19 | 598.0 | 3.92 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 52–53 |
| 20 | 620.8 | 4.03 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 61–62 |
| 21 | 605.2 | 3.86 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 49 |
| 22 | 586.4 | 3.62 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 50–51 |
| 23 | 601.3 | 3.69 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 54–55 |
a
Provenances 1–23 from Niger and 24–28 from Burkina Faso. Four provenances in Figure 1 (8, 14, 16 and 25) not analyzed due to small sample size (< 20 trees).