Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Empirical indexes calculated for the wood of A. religiosa along the altitudinal gradient

From: Chemical composition of lignocellulosic biomass in the wood of Abies religiosa across an altitudinal gradient

Empirical indexes	Altitude (masl)
Empirical indexes	3500	3400	3300	3200	3100	3000
TCI*	1.91 ± 0.025a	1.95 ± 0.015ab	1.97 ± 0.020ab	1.96 ± 0.020ab	1.98 ± 0.011ab	2.02 ± 0.020b
LOI	0.54 ± 0.006	0.55 ± 0.010	0.54 ± 0.009	0.54 ± 0.010	0.54 ± 0.007	0.55 ± 0.009
HBI	0.89 ± 0.014	0.89 ± 0.012	0.88 ± 0.014	0.89 ± 0.011	0.85 ± 0.017	0.90 ± 0.023
Ratio 1231/1156	0.078 ± 0.004	0.78 ± 0.013	0.79 ± 0.009	0.79 ± 0.002	0.78 ± 0.009	0.77 ± 0.009
Ratio* 1735/1368	0.36 ± 0.007a	0.35 ± 0.007ab	0.35 ± 0.013ab	0.32 ± 0.009b	0.35 ± 0.010ab	0.35 ± 0.006ab
Ratio 1735/1156	0.21 ± 0.004	0.21 ± 0.006	0.21 ± 0.006	0.19 ± 0.005	0.21 ± 0.006	0.21 ± 0.003

Data are averages of n = 6 ± Standard Error
Different letters indicate significant differences (Tukey’s HSD, α = 0.05)
* Statistically significant data

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