Table 1.
Correlation coefficients among leaf (LM), stem (SM), root (RM), and total plant mass (TM), both given before (black) and after (blue) log-transformation.
| LM | SM | RM | TM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||
| LM | – | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.00 |
| SM | 0.99 | – | 0.98 | 0.99 |
| RM | 0.99 | 0.99 | – | 0.99 |
| TM | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99 | – |
| B | ||||
| LM | – | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.99 |
| SM | 0.97 | – | 0.93 | 0.95 |
| RM | 0.97 | 0.95 | – | 0.99 |
| TM | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.99 | – |
| C | ||||
| LM | – | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.70 |
| SM | 0.99 | – | 0.93 | 1.00 |
| RM | 0.99 | 0.99 | – | 0.96 |
| TM | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | – |
A. Deschampsia flexuosa, grown at a high-nutrient level (n = 119). B. Idem for plants grown at low-nutrient supply (n = 155) C. For a wide compilation of biomass data from the literature (n = 5230). Values above 0.950 are given in bold. All biomass values were for dried material.