Table 4 Results of tests of three hypotheses associated with impacts of simulations of seed transfer system scenarios (Table 2)
t-test scenario | a | b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypotheses | a > b | SD | SD | medHTp difference (%) | Volume difference (%) | Deployment ratio | p-value | ||
Lodgepole pine | |||||||||
1. Height growth is greater in CBST-AM than in CBST | 11 > 3 | 92.5 (%) | 0.13 (%) | 84.9 (%) | 0.25 (%) | 7.6 | 15.3 | 0.0000 | |
2. Height growth is greater in CBST than in GBST | 3 > 17 | 84.9 (%) | 0.25 (%) | 86.0 (%) | 0.26 (%) | − 1.1 | − 2.3 | 0.0004 | |
3. Height growth is greater in CBST-AM than in GBST | 11 > 17 | 92.5 (%) | 0.13 (%) | 86.0 (%) | 0.26 (%) | 6.5 | 13.0 | 0.0000 | |
1. Deployment area is greater in CBST-AM than in CBST | 11 > 3 | 28,215 (km2) | 1314 (km2) | 57,204 (km2) | 788 (km2) | 0.5 | 0.0000 | ||
2. Deployment area is greater in CBST than in GBST | 3 > 17 | 57,204 (km2) | 788 (km2) | 12,725 (km2) | 769 (km2) | 4.5 | 0.0000 | ||
3. Deployment area is greater in CBST-AM than in GBST | 11 > 17 | 28,215 (km2) | 1314 (km2) | 12,725 (km2) | 769 (km2) | 2.2 | 0.0000 | ||
Interior spruce | |||||||||
1. Height growth is greater in CBST-AM than in CBST | 11 > 3 | 94.7 (%) | 0.04 (%) | 92.4 (%) | 0.05 (%) | 2.3 | 4.7 | 0.0000 | |
2. Height growth is greater in CBST than in GBST | 3 > 17 | 92.4 (%) | 0.05 (%) | 91.7 (%) | 0.31 (%) | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.0103 | |
3. Height growth is greater in CBST-AM than in GBST | 11 > 17 | 94.7 (%) | 0.04 (%) | 91.7 (%) | 0.31 (%) | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.0001 | |
1. Deployment area is greater in CBST-AM than in CBST | 11 > 3 | 136,601 (km2) | 2610 (km2) | 155,374 (km2) | 1840 (km2) | 0.9 | 0.0000 | ||
2. Deployment area is greater in CBST than in GBST | 3 > 17 | 155,374 (km2) | 1840 (km2) | 18,660 (km2) | 903 (km2) | 8.3 | 0.0000 | ||
3. Deployment area is greater in CBST-AM than in GBST | 11 > 17 | 136,601 (km2) | 2610 (km2) | 18,660 (km2) | 903 (km2) | 7.3 | 0.0000 | ||