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. 2007 May;99(5):895–906. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm023

Table 4.

Matrix of correlation coefficients (r) between pairs of physico-chemical attributes using species mean data of the leaf and pitcher as two independent data points for each of the bivariate relationships

Trait Thickness TMA Density N P K C Ash Hc CCmass CCarea
Thickness 0·48 − 0·49* −0·30 −0·22 0·09 −0·43 0·23 −0·38 −0·31 0·37
TMA 0·50* −0·16 −0·17 − 0·59** 0·29 −0·43 0·18 0·26 0·94***
Density 0·19 0·03 − 0·69** 0·72* − 0·67* 0·62** 0·61** 0·55*
N 0·72** 0·06 0·34 0·03 0·21 0·14 0·09
P 0·23 0·26 0·34 −0·35 −0·41 −0·26
K − 0·78** 0·82** − 0·72** − 0·78** − 0·71**
C − 0·75* 0·91*** 0·90** 0·39
Ash − 0·82** − 0·89** − 0·60*
Hc 0·98*** 0·39
CCmass 0·48
CCarea

n = 16, except for correlation with C where data are not available for N. rafflesiana var. typical and hence n = 14.

Significant trends are highlighted in bold. P < 0·10; *P < 0·05; **P < 0·02; ***P < 0·01.