Ecological Archives E088-071-A2

Louis Stephen Santiago. 2007. Extending the leaf economics spectrum to decomposition: evidence from a tropical forest. Ecology 88:1126–1131.

Appendix B. Multiple regression statistics.

Effects of specific leaf area (SLA), photosynthesis per unit mass (Amass), and leaf nitrogen per mass (Nmass) on leaf decomposition rate (k).

Source

df

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F value

P

Model

3

39.44

13.15

25.31

<0.0001

Error

32

16.62

0.52

   

Uncorrected Total

35

56.06

     
           

Root MSE

0.72

       

R-Square

0.70

       

Coeff Var

73.73

       

Parameter Estimates

Variable

Parameter Estimate

Standardized Estimate

Variance Inflation

SLA

0.0047

0.5291

6.0779

Amass

-0.0036

-0.3561

9.0781

Nmass

0.3952

0.6672

8.9201


 

Effects of specific leaf area (SLA), photosynthesis per unit mass (Amass), and leaf phosphorus per mass (Pmass) on leaf decomposition rate (k).

Source

df

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F value

P

Model

3

42.84

14.28

34.56

<0.0001

Error

32

13.22

0.41

   

Uncorrected Total

35

56.06

     
           

Root MSE

0.64

       

R-Square

0.76

       

Coeff Var

65.76

       

Parameter Estimates

Variable

Parameter Estimate

Standardized Estimate

Variance Inflation

SLA

0.0025

0.2794

7.1060

Amass

-0.0035

-0.3436

6.8722

Pmass

8.3228

0.9199

7.6540


 

Effects of specific leaf area (SLA), photosynthesis per unit mass (Amass), and leaf potassium per mass (Kmass) on leaf decomposition rate (k).

Source

df

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F value

P

Model

3

37.15

12.38

20.96

<0.0001

Error

32

18.91

0.59

   

Uncorrected Total

35

56.06

     
           

Root MSE

0.77

       

R-Square

0.66

       

Coeff Var

78.64

       

 

Parameter Estimates

Variable

Parameter Estimate

Standardized Estimate

Variance Inflation

SLA

0.0045

0.5026

11.1240

Amass

0.0009

0.0911

5.2451

Kmass

0.2070

0.2428

6.4738



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