Table 11 Effects of environmental variables and species traits on species composition obtained in steps of double constrained correspondence analysis

Simple term effects

LF

6.9

16.3

0.002

Elevation

5.5

12.8

0.002

CVP

4.6

10.6

0.002

Age

1.8

4

0.002

P

1.8

3.9

0.002

PA-PF

1.5

3.3

0.002

Size

1.4

3.1

0.006

Canopy

1.1

2.4

0.004

R

1

2.3

0.004

AP

1

2.2

0.004

M

0.6

1.3

0.138

Conditional term effects

LF

6.92

16.3

0.002

CVP

2.18

5.2

0.002

P

1.58

3.8

0.002

Age

1.3

3.2

0.002

Canopy

0.85

2.1

0.016

Elevation

0.73

1.8

0.012

PA-PF

0.58

1.4

0.114

Size

0.43

1.1

0.338

M

0.36

0.9

0.604

Simple term effects

Perennials

7.2

1.8

0.002

Light preferences

6

1.5

0.002

Colonists

4.9

1.2

0.166

Long-lived shuttles

4.6

1.1

0.22

Moisture preferences

3.6

0.9

0.694

Orthotropic

3.4

0.8

0.734

Plagiotropic

3.4

0.8

0.742

Conditional term effects

Perennials

7.2

1.8

0.002

Light preferences

5.3

1.3

0.044

Long-lived shuttles

4.8

1.2

0.164

Colonists

4

1

0.3

Orthotropic

3.8

1

0.438

Moisture preferences

3.7

0.9

0.598