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. 2008 May 15;157(1):1–12. doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1048-4

Table 2.

Above-ground plant mass, plant height, specific leaf area, leaf mass ratio, leaf area ratio and light capture per unit leaf area of pioneer species in successional vegetation stages

Stage Species n Mass (g) SE P value Height (m) SE P value SLA (m2 g−1) SE P value LMR (g g−1) SE P value LAR (m2 g−1) SE P value Φarea (mol m−2 day−1) SE P value
I Mallotus microcarpus 50 2.39 0.30 0.22 0.01 0.0167 0.000 0.716 0.010 0.0119 0.000 14.26 2.29
M. paniculatus 50 0.67 0.05 0.14 0.01 0.0092 0.000 0.784 0.010 0.0071 0.000 13.81 1.99
Macaranga denticulata 50 1.40 0.25 0.16 0.01 0.0162 0.000 0.643 0.013 0.0104 0.000 12.98 1.67
Melastoma candidum 50 0.55 0.12 0.13 0.01 0.0128 0.000 0.774 0.008 0.0099 0.000 19.43 1.67
Species effect 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033
II Mallotus microcarpus 46 9.86 1.86 0.73 0.05 0.0167 0.000 0.336 0.011 0.0056 0.000 18.46 1.74
M. paniculatus 43 2.72 0.26 0.50 0.02 0.0103 0.000 0.480 0.014 0.0049 0.000 8.70 0.92
Macaranga denticulata 49 5.98 0.73 0.57 0.03 0.0159 0.000 0.431 0.012 0.0068 0.000 12.18 1.21
Melastoma candidum 43 3.53 0.57 0.49 0.03 0.0130 0.000 0.465 0.014 0.0060 0.000 8.13 0.92
Species effect 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
III Mallotus microcarpus 22 48.24 14.64 1.21 0.13 0.0163 0.000 0.329 0.026 0.0053 0.000 21.41 1.86
M. paniculatus 32 11.53 1.42 0.91 0.04 0.0134 0.000 0.360 0.014 0.0048 0.000 20.37 1.59
Macaranga denticulata 34 25.55 3.56 1.05 0.07 0.0155 0.000 0.278 0.016 0.0043 0.000 21.18 1.55
Melastoma candidum 35 29.90 9.94 0.95 0.05 0.0133 0.000 0.395 0.019 0.0052 0.000 18.55 1.82
Species effect 0.202 0.107 0.000 0.000 0.039 NS
Means for stage I, II and III Mallotus microcarpus 20.16 0.72 0.0166 0.460 0.0076 18.04
M. paniculatus 4.97 0.52 0.0110 0.542 0.0056 14.29
Macaranga denticulata 10.98 0.59 0.0159 0.451 0.0072 15.45
Melastoma candidum 11.33 0.52 0.0130 0.545 0.0071 15.37
IV Mallotus microcarpus 15 3427.29 a 781.74 4.64 a 0.46 0.0150 a 0.000 0.085 a 0.012 0.0013 a 0.000 12.77 a 2.03
Mallotus paniculatus 17 570.72 b 145.23 3.48 a,b,c 0.27 0.0192 b 0.001 0.176 b 0.020 0.0033 b 0.000 12.96 a 1.89
Macaranga denticulata 19 2024.41 a,c 316.20 4.08 a,b 0.24 0.0151 a 0.001 0.150 b 0.009 0.0024 b 0.000 16.13 a 2.33
Melastoma candidum 19 1123.03 a,b,c 254.23 2.95 c 0.16 0.0146 a 0.001 0.161 b 0.025 0.0025 a,b 0.001 12.52 a 1.97

Values are given as means

Significance levels (P values) of the overall species-effect (linear mixed effect model) are shown per stage. NS, P value greater than 0.05 for stages I–III. Means followed by different letters are significantly different for species-effect (ANOVA) (Bonferroni or Games–Howell post hoc test, P < 0.05) for stage IV

n, Sample size; SE, standard error of the mean; SLA, specific leaf area; LMR, leaf mass ratio; LAR, leaf area ratio; Φarea, light capture per unit leaf area