Wright, I.J. & Westoby, M. (1999) Differences in seedling growth behaviour among species: trait correlations and shifts along nutrient compared to rainfall gradients. Appendix 2.
Mean values, sample size and error estimates for selected attributes, by species (interval 2). Units: RGR: mg.mg-1.day-1; SLA: mm2.mg-1; NAR: mg.mg-1.mm-2; SRL: mm.mg-1; seed (reserve) mass: mg. Sample sizes in parentheses for estimation of RGR, followed by those for other parameters. Exceptions follow error estimate of particular attribute - species combinations (note: cotyledons present for Acacia elata and A. jonesii only at harvest 1, for which n = 7). Standard error from linear regression given for RGR; pooled standard error given for other attributes except NAR (error estimate not given) and seed mass (mean value from minimum 20 seeds). a: Growth curve of ln dry mass against time deemed non-linear (alpha = 0.05) in ANOVA deviation from linearity test.
|
Species |
RGR |
NAR |
SLA |
LMR |
RMR |
SMR |
SRL |
cotyledon dm/sm |
seed mass |
|
Acacia binervata |
0.0395 |
0.0036 |
25 |
0.49 |
0.3 |
0.21 |
153 |
0.16 |
14.2 |
|
S.E. (n = 28, 10) |
0.0006 |
|
1.3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
13 |
0.01 |
|
|
A. burkittii |
0.0662 |
0.0089 |
19 |
0.4 |
0.31 |
0.29 |
85 |
0.19 |
17.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 25 , 13) |
0.0045 |
|
0.6 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
6 (11) |
0.01 |
|
|
A. cognata |
0.0747 |
0.0069 |
23.6 |
0.4 |
0.34 |
0.26 |
141 |
0.23 |
4.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 23, 11) |
0.0008 |
|
0.7 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
13 |
0.01 |
|
|
A. elata |
0.0606a |
0.007 |
22.5 |
0.52 |
0.23 |
0.25 |
131 |
0.21 |
23 |
|
S.E. (n = 22, 10) |
0.0053 |
|
0.4 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
3 |
0.01 |
|
|
A. jonesii |
0.0646 |
0.0093 |
24.3 |
0.35 |
0.25 |
0.39 |
174 |
0.21 |
15.9 |
|
S.E. (n = 23, 10) |
0.0037 |
|
0.4 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
11 |
0.01 |
|
|
A. suaveolens |
0.0522 |
0.0079 |
21.6 |
0.4 |
0.35 |
0.24 |
144 |
0.19 |
17 |
|
S.E. (n = 23, 9) |
0.004 |
|
1.6 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
8 |
0.03 |
|
|
Angophora floribunda |
0.0908 |
0.0077 |
21.6 |
0.53 |
0.4 |
0.07 |
80 |
0.29 |
5.3 |
|
S.E. (n = 24, 11) |
0.0058 |
|
1.3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.003 |
4 |
0.003 |
|
|
Banksia ericifolia |
0.0514 |
0.0051 |
13.8 |
0.56 |
0.25 |
0.19 |
109 |
0.17 |
13.4 |
|
S.E. (n = 33, 20) |
0.0037 |
|
0.4 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
5 |
0.003 |
|
|
B. oblongifolia |
0.0305 |
0.0074 |
10.9 |
0.65 |
0.18 |
0.17 |
41 |
0.2 |
13.9 |
|
S.E. (n = 29, 11) |
0.0078 |
|
0.4 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
2 |
0.004 |
|
|
Bossiaea walkeri |
0.0631 |
0.0074 |
19.2 |
0.49 |
0.29 |
0.22 |
117 |
0.19 |
7 |
|
S.E. (n = 20, 11) |
0.0119 |
|
1.5 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
10 |
0.01 |
|
|
Callistemon brachyandrus |
0.1211 |
0.0034 |
43.1 |
0.43 |
0.48 |
0.09 |
266 |
0.17 |
0.015 |
|
S.E. (n = 27, 11) |
0.0061 |
|
3.1 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
15 |
0.01 |
|
|
Dodonaea peduncularis |
0.0888 |
0.0082 |
23 |
0.45 |
0.38 |
0.17 |
182 |
0.21 |
1.3 |
|
S.E. (n = 29, 11) |
0.0048 |
|
1.1 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
11 |
0.01 |
|
|
Eucalyptus amplifolia |
0.125 |
0.007 |
35.3 |
0.5 |
0.37 |
0.14 |
329 |
0.28 |
0.06 |
|
S.E. (n = 24, 11) |
0.0088 |
|
1.9 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
21 |
0.02 |
|
|
E. apiculata |
0.0957 |
0.0064 |
21.6 |
0.64 |
0.28 |
0.08 |
298 |
0.29 |
0.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 27, 13) |
0.0038 |
|
0.7 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.004 |
15 (11) |
0.01 |
|
|
E. burgessiana |
0.0865a |
0.0095 |
20.2 |
0.59 |
0.34 |
0.07 |
196 |
0.26 |
1.7 |
|
S.E. (n = 24, 15) |
0.0066 |
|
0.7 (15) |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
13 (14) |
0.01 |
|
|
E. grandis |
0.0997a |
0.0054 |
27.1 |
0.51 |
0.37 |
0.11 |
351 |
0.38 |
0.08 |
|
S.E. (n = 25, 14) |
0.0057 |
|
1.7 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
18 |
0.02 |
|
|
E. largiflorens |
0.1125 |
0.0085 |
29.1 |
0.46 |
0.48 |
0.07 |
202 |
0.31 |
0.22 |
|
S.E. (n = 29, 13) |
0.0043 |
|
1 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.005 |
15 (11) |
0.02 |
|
|
E. saligna |
0.1286 |
0.0091 |
28.2 |
0.55 |
0.36 |
0.09 |
358 |
0.35 |
0.33 |
|
S.E. (n = 21, 18) |
0.0084 |
|
0.7 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.005 |
18 |
0.02 |
|
|
E. sieberi |
0.093 |
0.0062 |
24.9 |
0.53 |
0.36 |
0.1 |
177 |
0.22 |
1 |
|
S.E. (n = 32, 13) |
0.0064 |
|
0.7 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.0003 |
10 |
0.01 |
|
|
Gompholobium latifolium |
0.066 |
0.0071 |
22.6 |
0.47 |
0.22 |
0.31 |
195 |
0.14 |
6 |
|
S.E. (n = 28, 11) |
0.005 |
|
0.6 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
14 |
0.003 |
|
|
Grevillea striata |
0.0736 |
0.0068 |
15.9 |
0.58 |
0.27 |
0.15 |
60 |
0.21 |
18 |
|
S.E. (n = 31, 11) |
0.0046 |
|
0.3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
4 |
0.01 |
|
|
Hakea dactyloides |
0.0681 |
0.0095 |
18 |
0.6 |
0.24 |
0.18 |
116 |
0.17 |
13.9 |
|
S.E. (n = 23, 11) |
0.006 |
|
0.4 |
0.01 (10) |
0.01 (10) |
0.01 (10) |
8 |
0.003 |
|
|
H. gibbosa |
0.0613a |
0.0102 |
9.7 |
0.57 |
0.09 |
0.34 |
115 |
0.19 |
23.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 39, 17) |
0.0047 |
|
0.3 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
4 |
0.01 |
|
|
Hovea acutifolia |
0.0624 |
0.0062 |
16 |
0.58 |
0.2 |
0.23 |
75 |
0.19 |
16.2 |
|
S.E. (n = 28, 9) |
0.0045 |
|
0.6 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
6 |
0.01 |
|
|
Leptospermum laevigatum |
0.0692a |
0.003 |
25.3 |
0.43 |
0.4 |
0.18 |
240 |
0.24 |
0.23 |
|
S.E. (n = 27, 14) |
0.0061 |
|
1.1 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
19 |
0.02 |
|
|
Lophostemon confertus |
0.1044 |
0.007 |
25.3 |
0.63 |
0.29 |
0.09 |
357 |
0.33 |
0.17 |
|
S.E. (n = 27, 18) |
0.0053 |
|
0.8 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
16 |
0.02 |
|
|
Melaleuca linariifolia |
0.1125 |
0.0049 |
40.1 |
0.48 |
0.43 |
0.09 |
331 |
0.29 |
0.017 |
|
S.E. (n = 29, 11) |
0.0055 |
|
2.3 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
30 |
0.02 |
|
|
Pittosporum undulatum |
0.0756a |
0.005 |
19.7 |
0.5 |
0.33 |
0.18 |
73 |
0.4 |
4.4 |
|
S.E. (n = 27, 13) |
0.0059 |
|
0.4 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
4 |
0.01 |
|
|
Pultenaea daphnoides |
0.0906 |
0.0125 |
22.9 |
0.41 |
0.41 |
0.17 |
128 |
0.16 |
1.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 28, 14) |
0.0099 |
|
0.5 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
5 |
0.01 |
|
|
Senna aciphylla |
0.057 |
0.0084 |
13.7 |
0.54 |
0.34 |
0.12 |
56 |
0.26 |
10.2 |
|
S.E. (n = 23, 10) |
0.0037 |
|
0.5 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
3 |
0.01 |
|
|
S. artemisioides ssp. sturtii |
0.0493 |
0.0071 |
20.1 |
0.51 |
0.36 |
0.13 |
43 |
0.14 |
5.1 |
|
S.E. (n = 21, 10) |
0.0069 |
|
0.6 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
4 |
0.004 |
|
|
S. barclayana |
0.1045a |
0.0128 |
25.1 |
0.45 |
0.43 |
0.12 |
107 |
0.17 |
11.6 |
|
S.E. (n = 29, 11) |
0.013 |
|
1.5 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.005 |
5 |
0.01 |
|
|
Stenocarpus sinuatus |
0.0402 |
0.0052 |
11.3 |
0.72 |
0.13 |
0.15 |
18 |
0.2 |
40.1 |
|
S.E. (n = 25, 7) |
0.0059 |
|
0.3 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
3 |
0.004 |
|