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Table I
Variations in wood density, leaf mass per area (LMA), durations of leaf flush and leaf fall, leaf strategy index and extent of deciduousness in tree species in Vindhyan dry forest in India; values are mean ± SE.
| Species | Wood density | LMA | Leaf | Leaf | Leaf | Deciduousness | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (g cm−3) | (g m−2) | flush | fall | strategy | duration | ||
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| Duration (days) | index | (days) | |||||
| Leaf-exchanging | |||||||
| Albizia odoratissima (L. f.) Benth. | 0.625 ± 0.015 | 108.7 ± 1.0 | 188 ± 6 | 86 ± 2 | 0.46 ± 0.015 | 7 ± 3 | |
| Bauhinia racemosaLamk. | 0.667 ± 0.013 | 119.0 ± 1.1 | 159 ± 5 | 71 ± 2 | 0.44 ± 0.013 | 3 ± 1 | |
| Shorea robusta C.F. Gaertn. | 0.718 ± 0.011 | 112.7 ± 1.2 | 180 ± 4 | 80 ± 3 | 0.44 ± 0.015 | 9 ± 3 | |
| Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss. | 0.859 ± 0.021 | 140.2 ± 0.2 | 171 ± 3 | 80 ± 2 | 0.46 ± 0.004 | 6 ± 3 | |
| < 2-month deciduous | |||||||
| Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. Ex DC) Wall. ex Bedd. | 0.801 ± 0.008 | 136.0 ± 0.9 | 125 ± 3 | 77 ± 2 | 0.61 ± 0.005 | 52 ± 5 | |
| Buchanania lanzan Spreng. | 0.458 ± 0.006 | 97.6 ± 0.8 | 117 ± 2 | 75 ± 2 | 0.64 ± 0.011 | 47 ± 6 | |
| Cassia fistula L. | 0.735 ± 0.018 | 92.7 ± 0.5 | 122 ± 1 | 74 ± 1 | 0.60 ± 0.005 | 46 ± 4 | |
| Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. | 0.685 ± 0.013 | 124.0 ± 0.9 | 120 ± 5 | 81 ± 3 | 0.68 ± 0.018 | 46 ± 3 | |
| Elaeodendron glaucum Pers. | 0.666 ± 0.018 | 109.8 ± 0.6 | 116 ± 4 | 74 ± 3 | 0.64 ± 0.004 | 56 ± 4 | |
| Hardwickia binata Roxb. | 0.727 ± 0.015 | 109.9 ± 0.7 | 122 ± 3 | 83 ± 3 | 0.68 ± 0.021 | 30 ± 4 | |
| Ougeinia oogeinsis (Roxb.) Hochr. | 0.705 ± 0.005 | 116.5 ± 0.7 | 125 ± 3 | 77 ± 2 | 0.61 ± 0.012 | 42 ± 2 | |
| Terminalia chebula Retz. | 0.642 ± 0.009 | 102.2 ± 0.6 | 126 ± 3 | 77 ± 2 | 0.60 ± 0.006 | 53 ± 5 | |
| 2–4-month deciduous | |||||||
| Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd. | 0.889 ± 0.008 | 120.4 ± 0.7 | 98 ± 5 | 87 ± 3 | 0.89 ± 0.020 | 93 ± 2 | |
| Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr. | 0.616 ± 0.009 | 101.4 ± 1.1 | 97 ± 3 | 86 ± 4 | 0.88 ± 0.028 | 116 ± 5 | |
| Gardenia turgida Roxb. | 0.645 ± 0.027 | 99.4 ± 0.7 | 98 ± 5 | 84 ± 4 | 0.86 ± 0.006 | 75 ± 3 | |
| Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. | 0.617 ± 0.010 | 112.3 ± 0.8 | 103 ± 5 | 84 ± 4 | 0.81 ± 0.007 | 83 ± 8 | |
| Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Sinclair | 0.626 ± 0.009 | 97.7 ± 0.8 | 96 ± 4 | 81 ± 4 | 0.84 ± 0.014 | 102 ± 3 | |
| Terminalia tomentosa Wt. &Arn. | 0.653 ± 0.025 | 102.0 ± 1.2 | 99 ± 2 | 80 ± 2 | 0.80 ± 0.003 | 86 ± 5 | |
| > 4-month-deciduous | |||||||
| Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook. f. ex Brandis | 0.575 ± 0.005 | 90.8 ± 0.7 | 74 ± 3 | 74 ± 3 | 1.00 ± 0.005 | 129 ± 3 | |
| Bombax ceiba L. | 0.335 ± 0.007 | 81.0 ± 0.9 | 62 ± 2 | 62 ± 2 | 1.00 ± 0.006 | 152 ± 3 | |
| Boswellia serrata Roxb. cx Colebr. | 0.505 ± 0.008 | 85.4 ± 0.6 | 69 ± 2 | 68 ± 2 | 0.98 ± 0.003 | 144 ± 4 | |
| Chloroxylon swietenia DC. | 0.773 ± 0.018 | 99.7 ± 0.9 | 66 ± 3 | 65 ± 3 | 0.98 ± 0.003 | 136 ± 2 | |
| Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merrill | 0.509 ± 0.016 | 86.0 ± 0.7 | 62 ± 2 | 60 ± 2 | 0.98 ± 0.003 | 231 ± 8 | |
| Sterculia urens Roxb. | 0.411 ± 0.007 | 74.9 ± 1.2 | 62 ± 2 | 59 ± 1 | 0.96 ± 0.010 | 224 ± 4 | |