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Table I

Climatological data recorded at the forest site during the gas-exchange measurements of the different treatments (control, C; winter resprouts, RW; summer resprouts, RS); data are the mean ±SE of all measurements.

February–March July–August
Leaf Orientation

C RW C RW RS
PPFD (μmolm−2 s−1) North 416 ± 150 508 ± 117 1393 ± 126 1559 ± 109 1708 ± 57
South 1134 ± 98 1047 ± 171 1463 ± 136 1239 ± 159 1669 ± 34
VPD (KPa) North 2.2 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.2 4.0 ± 0.3
South 2.2 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.2
Air temperature (°C) North 22.2 ± 0.36 21.9 ± 0.4 36.2 ± 0.4 35.6 ± 0.4 35.6 ± 0.8
South 22.4 ± 0.3 22.8 ± 0.7 35.9 ± 0.7 34.4 ± 0.8 35.2 ± 0.6
Leaf temperature (°C) North 22.9 ± 0.8 22.4 ± 0.6 39.3 ± 1.1 38.6 ± 0.6 38.9 ± 0.8
South 24.3 ± 0.4 24.8 ± 1.1 39.7 ± 0.9 35.6 ± 0.7 37.6 ± 0.6