Ecological Archives M082-007-A17
Thomas W. Baribault, Richard K. Kobe, and Andrew O. Finley. 2012. Tropical tree growth is correlated with soil phosphorus, potassium, and calcium, though not for legumes. Ecological Monographs 82:189–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1013.1
Appendix Q (Table Q1). Soil resource uncertainty effects on predicted growth. Predicted growth across the range of resource estimates for functional groups, wood density categories, and species for which growth was related to a soil resource.
| Category | Diameter growth (cm yr-1) | ||
| Mean | Min. | Max. | |
| Functional group | |||
| Fabaceae, canopy | 0.759 | 0.723 | 0.889 |
| Fabaceae, < canopy | 0.613 | 0.418 | 1.574 |
| Arecaceae, subcanopy | 0.461 | 0.273 | 0.813 |
| Arecaceae, < subcanopy | 0.097 | 0.058 | 0.461 |
| Other, canopy | 0.425 | 0.388 | 0.561 |
| Other, < canopy | 0.265 | 0.236 | 0.418 |
| Wood density (g cm-3) | |||
| 0.2–0.4 | 0.378 | 0.356 | 0.423 |
| 0.4–0.55 | 0.243 | 0.232 | 0.252 |
| 0.55–0.7 | 0.535 | 0.520 | 0.573 |
| Unknown | 0.229 | 0.223 | 0.235 |
| Species | |||
| Pema | 0.758 | 0.746 | 0.769 |
| Soex | 0.333 | 0.269 | 0.886 |
| Ride | 0.132 | 0.083 | 0.450 |
| Irde | 0.624 | 0.495 | 0.718 |
| Capi | 0.094 | 0.088 | 0.102 |
| Eupr | 0.196 | 0.000 | 1.352 |
| Caar | 0.629 | 0.391 | 2.174 |
| Prde | 0.060 | 0.024 | 0.073 |
| Waco | 0.439 | 0.214 | 1.428 |