Ecological Archives M080-013-A3

Nathan J. B. Kraft and David D. Ackerly. 2010. Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest. Ecological Monographs 80:401–422.

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.


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