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. 2014 Feb 3;9(2):e87836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087836

Table 2. Correlation coefficients between life-history traits and environmental variables in A. thaliana.

Seedweight Germination(10°C) Germination(22°C) Germination(30°C) Number ofrosettes Floweringtime Number ofadults Fruitproduction
Annual temperature −0.391*** 0.064 ns −0.135 ns −0.051 ns −0.194 ns −0.699*** −0.086 ns −0.233 ns
Diurnal range −0.137 ns −0.006 ns 0.095 ns 0.053 ns −0.086 ns 0.205 ns −0.089 ns 0.133 ns
Temp. seasonality −0.002 ns −0.068 ns 0.097 ns −0.013 ns −0.067 ns 0.073 ns −0.079 ns 0.100 ns
Temp. wettest quarter −0.287*** −0.032 ns −0.141 ns 0.049 ns −0.125 ns −0.385*** −0.071 ns −0.073 ns
Temp. driest quarter −0.220 ns 0.099 ns −0.076 ns −0.070 ns −0.160 ns −0.427*** −0.133 ns −0.118 ns
Annual precipitation 0.225*** 0.045 ns 0.018 ns −0.018 ns 0.155 ns 0.070 ns 0.132 ns −0.012 ns
Prec. driest month 0.278 ns −0.023 ns −0.014 ns 0.086 ns 0.131 ns 0.307*** 0.041 ns 0.117 ns
Prec. seasonality −0.092 ns 0.091 ns −0.030 ns −0.097 ns 0.035 ns −0.506*** 0.056 ns −0.258 ns
Humanised habitat −0.241*** 0.141 ns 0.061 ns 0.087 ns 0.041 ns −0.262*** 0.084 ns 0.018 ns
pH 0.098 ns −0.149 ns −0.056 ns −0.097 ns −0.038 ns 0.225*** −0.055 ns 0.049 ns

Correlation coefficients were obtained from SAR models. A new threshold significance value (α = 0.0006) was set after applying the Dunn-Šidák correction (1– [1– α] 1/n) for multiple comparisons. Significance: ***; P<0.0001, ns; non-significant.