Table 4.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients for mature traits

Trait	Size	SA	Md	LMA	LDMC	%N
SA	−0.05
Md	0.27*	0.47***
LMA	0.31*	−0.62***	0.23
LDMC	0.03	−0.49***	−0.19	0.32*
%N	0.10	0.42**	0.37**	-0.17	−0.57***
WUE	0.27*	0.09	0.24	0.03	0.23	0.03

For explanation of abbreviations, see Table 1

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001