3.3 Wood density effects
The presence and strength of local adaptation (sympatry/allopatry) was
significantly associated with species-level wood density for survival
(R 2 = 0.47, P = 0.003), and height
increment (R 2 = 0.33, P = 0.031), but
not inherent growth rate (R 2 = 0.02, P =
0.597) (Figure 4). As a result, species with lower wood density were
more likely to display provenance differentiation consistent with local
adaptation, whereas species with higher wood density were more likely to
by maladapted.