Table 2.

Mean plant height, above-ground mass, diameter, wood density, crown depth, SLA, LMR, LAR, Φ_d and Φ_area of short-lived (SLPs), long-lived (LLPs) pioneer trees and lianas (L) in a 6-month-old secondary forest stand

Species	Group	n	Height (cm)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	Plant mass (g)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	Diameter (cm)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	Wood density (g cm−3)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	Crown depth (cm cm−1)	s.e.	P<0·001 G–H
Trema	SLPs	17	140·13	12·22	a	63·65	14·60	abc	1·00	0·10	bc	0·28	0·02	bc	0·65	0·04	b
Ochroma	SLPs	18	129·22	12·56	a	115·76	20·68	a	1·40	0·11	a	0·26	0·02	c	0·36	0·04	c
Cecropia	SLPs	17	73·71	7·31	bcd	38·10	9·02	bc	1·39	0·09	ab	0·17	0·02	e	0·36	0·04	c
Couratari	LLPs	17	96·59	8·18	abc	67·83	9·53	ab	0·88	0·07	cd	0·43	0·04	abc	0·85	0·02	a
Rinereocarpus	LLPs	16	79·60	7·76	bcd	27·35	4·03	bc	0·67	0·05	cde	0·42	0·04	abc	0·80	0·04	ab
Brosimum	LLPs	17	64·53	9·41	cd	29·60	10·05	c	0·63	0·09	e	0·43	0·07	abc	0·85	0·03	a
Pseudolmedia	LLPs	13	22·38	3·27	e	3·05	0·76	d	0·30	0·03	f	0·47	0·06	ab	0·78	0·04	ab
Bignoniaceae sp.	L	20	95·84	6·82	abc	51·66	9·00	abc	0·71	0·06	cde	0·54	0·05	a	0·85	0·02	a
Hippocrateaceae sp.	L	16	97·13	6·01	abc	56·85	10·89	abc	0·78	0·06	cde	0·49	0·04	a	0·86	0·02	a
Uncaria	L	16	60·13	10·24	d	32·47	9·87	bc	0·79	0·08	de	0·36	0·05	abc	0·78	0·03	ab
Species	Group	SLA (cm2 g−1)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	LMR (g g−1)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak	LAR (cm2 g−1)	s.e	P<0·001 G–H	Φd (mol d−1)	s.e.	P<0·001 G–H	Φarea (mol cm−2 d−1)	s.e.	P<0·001 Sidak
Trema	SLPs	188·58	5·55	b	0·36	0·02	d	68·24	4·96	d	9·35	2·07	ab	0·0024	0·00014	a
Ochroma	SLPs	149·68	2·27	c	0·39	0·02	d	58·65	3·18	d	18·11	3·81	a	0·0025	0·00014	a
Cecropia	SLPs	152·59	2·70	c	0·37	0·02	d	57·15	3·50	d	4·30	1·21	bc	0·0019	0·00012	ab
Couratari	LLPs	121·14	2·27	d	0·61	0·02	ab	73·77	2·52	cd	9·04	1·52	abc	0·0018	0·00012	bc
Rinereocarpus	LLPs	227·72	6·14	a	0·47	0·03	c	106·37	7·62	ab	5·42	1·27	abc	0·0015	0·00011	cd
Brosimum	LLPs	145·37	5·26	c	0·58	0·02	ab	84·51	5·23	bc	2·74	0·75	c	0·0014	0·00008	de
Pseudolmedia	LLPs	173·57	5·22	b	0·72	0·02	a	125·65	6·09	a	0·32	0·07	d	0·0009	0·00006	f
Bignoniaceae sp.	L	117·27	3·22	d	0·53	0·02	b	61·43	2·23	d	5·19	0·78	abc	0·0017	0·00008	bc
Hippocrateaceae sp.	L	124·64	3·15	d	0·49	0·02	b	61·58	3·41	d	6·91	1·71	abc	0·0021	0·00008	ab
Uncaria	L	172·85	9·63	b	0·61	0·03	ab	107·31	9·69	a	3·66	1·09	bc	0·0013	0·00013	ef

Significance levels (P values) of the overall species effect are shown.

Different letters indicate significant differences (P<0·05) between species pairs (test type indicated).