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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Funct Ecol. 2013 Apr 1;27(2):382–391. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12034

Table 1. Variance decomposition of the different traits.

The percentage of variance explained by the different hierarchical levels is shown for each of the seven functional traits. Coefficients of variation are presented in the last row.

Hierarchical level/Trait Hmax SEX Hinflo LDMC SLA C:N LNC
Population 73 17 46 42 56 38 42
Sub-population 6 21 8 6 10 1 3
Individuals 21 62 46 51 34 61 55
Coefficient of variation 0.43 1.52 0.34 0.14 0.28 0.26 0.24