Table 2 Pair-wise relationships between biomass and resource acquisition traits. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) and the levels of significance (p) are given
From: Functional response of Quercus robur L. to taproot pruning: a 5-year case study
LMF | SMF | RMF | fRMF | SLA | SSL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMF | r = − 0.29 p = 0.005 | |||||
RMF | r = − 0.11 p = 0.294 | r = − 0.92 p = 0.001 | ||||
fRMF | r = 0.25 p = 0.018 | r = − 0.38 p = 0.001 | r = 0.29 p = 0.006 | |||
SLA | r = − 0.28 p = 0.008 | r = − 0.07 p = 0.511 | r = 0.19 p = 0.075 | r = − 0.23 p = 0.027 | ||
SSL | r = − 0.19 p = 0.070 | r = − 0.19 p = 0.080 | r = 0.27 p = 0.010 | r = − 0.02 p = 0.864 | r = 0.37 p = 0.001 | |
SRL | r = − 0.07 p = 0.515 | r = 0.09 p = 0.419 | r = − 0.06 p = 0.570 | r = − 0.15 p = 0.152 | r = 0.09 p = 0.386 | r = − 0.07 p = 0.367 |