Table 3.

Three-dimensional linear relationships (PL-LL, PCA-LA and PM-LM) were summarised separately for all species, tree species and shrub species under different seasons.

Reason	Relationship	PL-LL		PCA-LA		PM-LM
		Slope(B)	Intercept(A)	Slope(B)	Intercept(A)	Slope(B)	Intercept(A)
Spring	All	1.115 ± 0.166	−0.829 ± 0.260	0.279 ± 0.025	0.304 ± 0.019	0.845 ± 0.098	−1.457 ± 0.183
	Arbor	0.866 ± 0.290	−0.406 ± 0.466	0.230 ± 0.023	0.334 ± 0.024	0.886 ± 0.161	−1.363 ± 0.256
	Shrub	1.516 ± 0.147	−1.463 ± 0.226	0.454 ± 0.052	0.247 ± 0.025	0.622 ± 0.177	−1.930 ± 0.358
Summer	All	1.513 ± 0.165	−1.612 ± 0.305	0.343 ± 0.031	0.160 ± 0.037	0.942 ± 0.108	−1.248 ± 0.129
	Arbor	1.911 ± 0.514	−2.431 ± 0.985	0.288 ± 0.041	0.262 ± 0.059	0.976 ± 0.160	−1.231 ± 0.146
	Shrub	1.529 ± 0.082	−1.580 ± 0.146	0.268 ± 0.072	0.193 ± 0.060	0.936 ± 0.247	−1.247 ± 0.352
Fall	All	1.423 ± 0.180	−1.405 ± 0.329	0.316 ± 0.016	0.220 ± 0.018	1.125 ± 0.102	−1.036 ± 0.120
	Arbor	1.684 ± 0.468	−1.974 ± 0.905	0.317 ± 0.033	0.215 ± 0.050	1.400 ± 0.192	−0.940 ± 0.151
	Shrub	1.584 ± 0.094	−1.616 ± 0.162	0.341 ± 0.034	0.206 ± 0.027	0.951 ± 0.211	−1.229 ± 0.311

The mean ± 95% CI (confidence interval) of the slope (B) and intercept (A) of each linear relationship is shown.