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

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