Table 3.
Summary of results of the partial Mantel test between the RWC, LDMC, LM and LFFM matrices and the regeneration distance matrix for each season, when the effect of phylogenetic distance was kept constant RWC and LDMC data were transformed into their log-odds (see text).
| Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC | b | 0·251 | 0·173 | 0·027 | −0·067 |
| P-value | 0·017* | 0·010* | 0·728 | 0·214 | |
| LDMC | b | 0·045 | 0·001 | 0·118 | 0·063 |
| P-value | 0·7 | 0·978† | 0·052† | 0·246 | |
| LM | b | −0·099 | −0·01 | 0·064 | −0·007 |
| P-value | 0·339 | 0·881 | 0·327 | 0·902 | |
| LFFM | b | −0·1 | 0·016 | −0·077 | 0·141 |
| P-value | 0·171 | 0·874 | 0·235 | 0·033* |
*The partial Mantel test shows significant differences between regenerative strategies, which were also observed in the results of the nested ANOVA for each season, without taking into account phylogeny.
†The partial Mantel test does not show any significant differences between regenerative strategies, but significant differences were found in the results of the nested ANOVA for each season, without taking into account phylogeny.
RWC, relative water content; LDMC, leaf dry matter content; LM, leaf moisture; LFFM, leaf fine fuel moisture.