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Table 5 Pearson correlation coefficients between SMC1 and functional attributes across species, sites, seasons, and light levels

From: Effects of light availability on leaf attributes and seedling growth of four tree species in tropical dry forest

 

SMC1

SLA

LDMC

LNC

LPC

Chl

Gsnet

Anet

SLA

0.47***

       

LDMC

− 0.10**

− 0.07*

      

LNC

0.56***

0.80***

0.12**

     

LPC

0.10**

0.07*

0.02ns

0.08**

    

Chl

0.75***

0.63***

0.15**

0.76***

0.07*

   

Gsnet

0.78***

0.53***

0.11**

0.71***

0.09**

0.87***

  

Anet

0.74***

0.56***

0.08**

0.76***

0.09**

0.84***

0.97***

 

RGR

0.67***

0.44***

0.05ns

0.58***

0.06*

0.70***

0.80***

0.79***

  1. SMC1, soil moisture content; SLA, specific leaf area; LDMC, leaf dry matter content; LNC, leaf nitrogen concentration; LPC, leaf phosphorus concentration; Chl, chlorophyll concentration; Gsnet (= Gsmass, mass-based stomatal conductance); Anet (= Amass, mass-based photosynthetic rate); RGR, relative growth rate. n = 1152, nsP > 0.05, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001