Appendix C (TABLE C1). Percentage of quadrats where the observed trait metrics were significantly different from the null expectation.
Habitat Filtering
Even Spacing
trait
scale range
variance SDNN
SDNNr
SDNDr
kurtosis
SLA
5
5.4%
5.8%
5.1%
5.0%
5.4%
4.9%
20
9.0%
13.0%
4.5%
4.5%
4.5%
5.3%
50
8.9%
20.0%
8.9%
7.8%
4.4%
1.1%
100
4.0%
24.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
leaf [N]
5
5.3%
5.3%
5.5%
5.2%
5.1%
5.1%
20
4.8%
7.4%
4.2%
4.3%
4.3%
3.4%
50
4.4%
7.8%
3.3%
4.4%
0.0%
5.6%
100
8.0%
16.0%
4.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
leaf size
5
4.9%
5.1%
5.2%
5.1%
5.1%
5.3%
20
6.1%
5.9%
6.6%
5.9%
5.4%
5.6%
50
6.7%
12.2%
8.9%
8.9%
5.6%
8.9%
100
8.0%
12.0%
4.0%
4.0%
0.0%
4.0%
seed mass
5
4.6%
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
4.5%
4.7%
20
5.8%
6.1%
4.3%
4.5%
5.4%
6.3%
50
5.6%
14.4%
1.1%
2.2%
4.4%
3.3%
100
0.0%
20.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
wood density
5
2.8%
2.6%
2.7%
2.6%
2.7%
2.9%
20
1.6%
2.6%
2.9%
3.8%
1.9%
3.2%
50
5.6%
3.3%
10.0%
10.0%
2.2%
1.1%
100
16.0%
16.0%
16.0%
16.0%
4.0%
8.0%
max. dbh
5
5.7%
5.8%
5.3%
5.1%
5.1%
5.0%
20
9.8%
14.4%
6.9%
6.4%
6.9%
6.4%
50
16.7%
30.0%
8.9%
7.8%
3.3%
10.0%
100
16.0%
68.0%
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
8.0%
D950.1
5
5.4%
5.4%
5.4%
5.5%
5.3%
5.0%
20
5.4%
9.1%
5.4%
5.3%
8.0%
5.3%
50
10.0%
11.1%
4.4%
4.4%
4.4%
7.8%
100
8.0%
12.0%
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
Notes: Percentages indicate the fraction of quadrats in which the observed trait metric was smaller than was measured in 95% of the null communities. Scale refers to the length (m) of one side of a square quadrat.