Table 4.
Relationships (Pearson's correlation coefficients) between measured green living traits and initial litter traits (two levels of N supply are considered together) (n = 34 for each correlation)
| Kpot | SLAgreen | LDMCgreen | LTSgreen | LRFgreen | LNCgreen | LPCgreen | LCCgreen | LNClitter | LPClitter | LCClitter | LIGlitter | CELlitter | HEMlitter | LCHlitter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLAgreen | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LDMCgreen | −0·79*** | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LTSgreen | −0·66*** | ns | 0·69*** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LRFgreen | −0·62*** | ns | 0·64*** | 0·92*** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LNCgreen | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LPCgreen | 0·57** | ns | −0·51* | ns | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LCCgreen | ns | ns | 0·4* | ns | ns | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LNClitter | ns | 0·37* | ns | −0·42* | –0·35 | 0·34* | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LPClitter | ns | 0·45* | ns | ns | ns | −0·42* | 0·7*** | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LCClitter | ns | ns | 0·38* | ns | ns | −0·45* | ns | 0·86*** | ns | ns | – | – | – | – | – |
| LIGlitter | ns | ns | ns | –0·36 | −0·39* | ns | ns | 0·44* | ns | ns | ns | – | – | – | – |
| CELlitter | ns | ns | 0·38* | 0·57** | 0·64*** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | – | – | – |
| HEMlitter | −0·41** | ns | 0·47** | 0·71*** | 0·75*** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0·93*** | – | – |
| LCHlitter | –0·35 | ns | 0·39* | 0·45* | 0·49** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0·43* | 0·95*** | 0·87*** | – |
| HLQlitter | ns | ns | ns | 0·68*** | 0·76*** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | −0·56** | 0·70*** | 0·77*** | 0·47** |
*P < 0·05; **P < 0·01; ***P < 0·001 (significance levels corrected by the improved Bonferroni procedure. Marginally significant results (0·05 < P < 0·10) are shown in italics.