Impact of Austropuccinia psidii infection on the main species making up the three vegetation-story components of the wet sclerophyll/rainforest ecosystem at Ryans Road, Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland.
The composition within the forest canopy is presented for each species including Regeneration, Under-story and Mid-story. Impact levels are based on the mean percentage of dead branches, the mean percentage of remaining branches with evidence of dieback as a result of infection by A. psidii. Mean crown transparency is used as an indicator of tree health. The same letters within columns indicate that means do not differ significantly when comparing species (Capital letters = Regeneration; Capital Bold = Under-story; Lower case = Mid-story) (S1 Table). The same numbers within columns indicate that means do not differ significantly when comparing disease impact levels within species at the different canopy positions (S1 Table).
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