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Table IV

Effects of latitudinal position, species and their interaction on the relative importance of different regeneration mechanisms of five Combretaceae species in the Sahelo-Sudanian zone, Burkina Faso.

True seedling Seedling sprout Coppice Water sprout Layer Sucker
Factor d.f.
F P F P F P F P F P F P
Site 3 0.880 0.479 0.131 0.940 2.030 0.163 1.389 0.294 0.981 0.434 1.000 0.426
Species 4 2.613 0.088 1.145 0.382 6.341 0.005 1.850 0.183 1.690 0.216 2.955 0.065
Site × Species 12 14.465 < 0.001 23.283 < 0.001 4.154 < 0.001 11.557 < 0.001 29.112 < 0.001 23.361 < 0.001
Error 2285