Effects of Age and Stand Density of Mother Trees on Early Pinus thunbergii Seedling Establishment in the Coastal Zone, China

Table 3

Three-way ANOVA analyses of effects of light level, age, and stand density of mother tree age and their interactions on seedling growth for Pinus thunbergii.

Source	RGR𝐻		RGR𝐷		Slenderness
	𝐹 value	𝑃 value	𝐹 value	𝑃 value	𝐹 value	𝑃 value
Light	8.60	𝑃<0.01	38.30	𝑃<0.01	41.20	𝑃<0.01
Age	4.69	𝑃<0.05	1.49	𝑃=0.23	5.72	𝑃<0.01
Density	4.98	𝑃<0.05	0.31	𝑃=0.58	19.53	𝑃<0.01
Light × age	2.24	𝑃=0.08	6.27	𝑃<0.01	3.14	𝑃<0.05
Light × density	0.47	𝑃=0.63	0.39	𝑃=0.68	4.36	𝑃<0.05
Age × density	1.73	𝑃=0.19	1.24	𝑃=0.30	0.63	𝑃=0.53
Light × age × density	1.30	𝑃=0.28	0.16	𝑃=0.96	2.01	𝑃=0.11