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Table I

Least squares means (LS-Means) and standard error (se) of the basis clustering variables for each of the five clusters: diameter at breast height (d), crown height (cl), crown diameter (cw), crown area (ca), basal area (g) and height diameter ratio (rhd).

Cluster ID d (cm) cl (m) cw (m) ca (m2) g (m2) rhd

1 11.18 (0.98) a 3.11 (0.49) a 2.97 (0.19) a 8.33 (2.76) a 0.02 (0.05) a 3.31 (0.06) a
2 27.89 (0.27) b 5.00 (0.14) b 6.22 (0.05) b 31.8 (0.76) b 0.07 (0.01) a 1.63 (0.02) b
3 46.15 (0.44) c 6.99 (0.23) c 10.56 (0.09) c 88.96 (1.26) c 0.17 (0.21) b 1.5 (0.03) c
4 62.42 (0.61) d 9.70 (0.31) d 14.12 (0.12) d 159.4 (1.72) d 0.39 (0.28) c 1.26 (0.04) d
5 82.37 (1.43) e 10.61(0.72) d 19.99 (0.28) e 316.27 (4.06) e 0.54 (0.07) d 0.98 (0.09) e

Different letters (a, b, c, d and e) within the columns indicate significant differences at p < 0.05 between clusters.