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. 2012 Apr 3;7(4):e34767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034767

Table 3. Phylogenetically independent contrasts (PICs) between five functional traits and the calculated scores of the two significant principal components of soil fertility and acidity for both GTS and BCI.

GTS BCI
PC1 PC2 PC1 PC2
Leaf area r −0.176 0.130 0.032 0.268
n 144 145 253 247
p 0.018 0.057 0.356 <0.001
p-adj 0.036 0.076 0.445 <0.001
Specific leaf area r 0.302 −0.245 0.077 0.084
n 143 144 254 252
p <0.001 0.002 0.101 0.087
p-adj <0.001 0.007 0.144 0.144
Seed mass r 0.055 0.197 0.352 0.274
n 131 132 145 148
p 0.263 0.011 <0.001 <0.001
p-adj 0.263 0.028 <0.001 <0.001
Wood density r 0.077 0.286 0.167 −0.202
n 143 145 232 227
p 0.178 <0.001 0.005 0.001
p-adj 0.198 <0.001 0.010 0.003
Maximum height r 0.130 0.130 0.011 0.008
n 143 142 151 150
p 0.061 0.061 0.449 0.463
p-adj 0.076 0.076 0.463 0.463

Significant correlations are in boldface type (p-value<0.05 after the False Discovery Rate adjustment).