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Table 2.

Pearson product moment correlations between the average chemical composition [lipids, LIP; lignin, LIG; total soluble phenols, PHE; protein, PRO; cellulose, CEL; hemicellulose, HCE; starch, STA; total soluble sugars, TSS; organic acids, OA; minerals, MIN; amino acids, AA; total methylxanthine alkaloids, ALK; nitrogen, N; carbon, C; heat of combustion, H_c; leaf construction costs determined according to Williams et al. (1987), CC_W; leaf construction costs determined according to Poorter (1994), CC_P; total maintenance costs, MC; mass–based net carbon assimilation rate, A_m; mass–based respiration rate, R_m; carbon isotope composition ratio, δ¹³C; payback times, PBT; specific leaf area, SLA; and relative growth rate, RGR] of coffee plants grown under contrasting light and water conditions; n=40; ^*P ≤0.05, ^**P ≤0.01, ^***P ≤0.001 and ^ns P >0.05.

	LIG	PHE	PRO	CEL	HCE	STA	TSS	OA	MIN	AA	ALK	N	C	H_c	CC_W	CC_P	MC	A_m	R_m	δ¹³C	PBT	SLA	RGR
LIP	–0.12^ns	0.16^ns	0.10^ns	–0.09^ns	–0.24^ns	–0.30^*	0.17^ns	0.08^ns	–0.33^*	0.46^**	0.25^ns	0.12^ns	0.16 ^ns	0.32^*	0.35^*	0.23^ns	0.57^***	–0.26^ns	0.04^ns	0.35^*	0.17^ns	0.13^ns	0.06^ns
LIG		0.19^ns	–0.15^ns	–0.48^***	0.20^ns	–0.17^ns	0.04^ns	–0.24^ns	0.14^ns	–0.06^ns	0.20^ns	0.17^ns	0.18 ^ns	0.11^ns	0.09^ns	0.27^*	0.20^ns	0.07 ^ns	0.27^*	0.27^*	–0.03^ns	–0.30^*	0.12^ns
PHE			0.15^ns	–0.76^***	–0.92^***	–0.10^ns	0.62^***	–0.84^***	–0.77^***	0.61^***	0.88^***	0.32^*	0.82^***	0.73^***	0.83^***	0.89^***	0.25^ns	0.64^***	0.80^***	0.72^***	–0.31^*	–0.79^***	0.61^***
PRO				–0.21^ns	–0.24^ns	–0.55^***	–0.12^ns	0.01^ns	–0.03^ns	0.50^***	0.04^ns	0.56^***	0.13^ns	0.40^**	0.35^*	0.40^*	0.77^***	–0.22 ^ns	0.02^ns	0.10^ns	0.15^ns	–0.35^*	0.09^ns
CEL					0.73^***	0.07^ns	–0.60^***	0.56^***	0.65^***	–0.47^**	–0.78^***	–0.15^ns	–0.76^***	–0.71^***	–0.73^***	–0.75^***	–0.34^*	–0.37^**	–0.67^***	–0.71^***	0.36^*	0.59^***	–0.51^***
HCE						–0.06^ns	–0.76^***	0.74^***	0.79^***	–0.63^***	–0.70^***	–0.17^ns	–0.66^***	–0.79^***	–0.86^***	–0.81^***	–0.37^*	–0.56^***	–0.55^***	–0.54^***	0.45^**	0.74^***	–0.55^***
STA							0.40^*	–0.23^ns	–0.14^ns	–0.25^ns	–0.07^ns	–0.49^***	0.11^ns	0.08^ns	0.08^ns	–0.11^ns	–0.55^***	0.67^***	–0.12^ns	–0.12^ns	–0.74^***	0.11^ns	0.38^**
TSS								–0.46^**	–0.74^***	0.19^ns	0.50^***	–0.43^**	0.56^***	0.67^***	0.69^***	0.46^**	0.17^ns	0.75^***	0.48^***	0.45^**	–0.72^***	–0.44^**	0.56^***
OA									0.59^***	–0.42^**	–0.72^***	–0.40^**	–0.63^***	–0.52^***	–0.65^***	–0.74^***	0.05^ns	–0.61^***	–0.43^**	–0.40^*	0.49^***	0.73^***	–0.60^***
MIN										–0.28^*	–0.58^***	0.10^ns	–0.66^***	–0.63^***	–0.74^***	–0.64^***	–0.02^ns	–0.44^**	–0.54^***	–0.70^***	0.36^*	0.44^**	–0.52^***
AA											0.67^***	0.60^***	0.58^***	0.67^***	0.68^***	0.74^***	0.67^***	0.34^*	0.24^ns	0.55^***	0.18^ns	–0.61^***	0.44^**
ALK												0.28^*	0.81^***	0.61^***	0.71^***	0.85^***	0.22^ns	0.51^***	0.76^***	0.79^***	–0.22^ns	–0.82^***	0.60^***
N													–0.01^ns	0.19^ns	0.24^ns	0.53^***	0.35^*	–0.50^***	–0.01^ns	0.06^ns	0.41^**	–0.54^***	–0.42^**
C														0.80^***	0.83^***	0.97^***	0.21 ^ns	0.62^***	0.76^***	0.72^***	–0.46^**	–0.60^***	0.69^***
H_c															0.98^***	0.83^***	0.54^***	0.58^***	0.52^***	0.58^***	–0.44^**	–0.65^***	0.69^***
CC_W																0.91^***	0.45^**	0.47^***	0.55^***	0.64^***	–0.45^**	–0.70^***	0.67^***
CC_P																	0.45^**	0.58^***	0.75^***	0.75^***	–0.27^*	–0.82^***	0.44^**
MC																		0.31^*	0.08^ns	0.26^ns	0.15^ns	–0.41^*	0.07^ns
A_m																			0.51^***	0.31^*	–0.83^***	–0.43^**	0.76^***
R_m																				0.63^***	–0.18^ns	–0.77^***	0.44^**
δ¹³C																					–0.28^*	–0.29^*	0.46^**
PBT																						0.23^ns	–0.67^***
SLA																							–0.27^*