Table 3.
Plant-scale properties of Palicourea padifolia and Psychotria elata in two cloud forests of different successional status in Río Macho, Costa Rica: secondary young forest (SYF) and secondary old forest (SOF).Values are mean and standard deviation. Significant differences between sites across species are represented by the univariate ANOVA extracted from MANOVA
| Property | Species |
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P. padifolia |
P. elata |
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| SYF | SOF | F | SYF | SOF | F | |
| Segments | 44.93 ± 42.52 | 36.50 ± 23.11 | 0.11 | 31.23 ± 25.73 | 37.05 ± 34.91 | 0.02 |
| Length–order relation | ||||||
| a | 19.74 ± 13.94 | 8.99 ± 11.94 | 9.15** | 12.96 ± 15.96 | 22.98 ± 23.48 | 2.74 |
| b | 4.20 ± 10.33 | 11.91 ± 12.18 | 7.29** | 7.44 ± 9.50 | 3.47 ± 13.90 | 1.55 |
| Sa | 10.84 ± 6.74 | 11.16 ± 7.91 | 0.30 | 10.98 ± 6.75 | 16.33 ± 15.07 | 0.89 |
| Sb | 6.88 ± 4.43 | 7.18 ± 5.91 | 0.18 | 6.43 ± 4.50 | 10.07 ± 10.44 | 0.63 |
| r2 | 0.06 ± 0.15 | 0.12 ± 0.13 | 11.16** | 0.13 ± 0.13 | 0.08 ± 0.11 | 2.48 |
| Diameter–order relation | ||||||
| a | −1.44 ± 1.33 | −1.07 ± 0.88 | 1.43 | −0.20 ± 0.74 | 0.19 ± 1.00 | 2.16 |
| b | 4.45 ± 1.08 | 3.98 ± 0.96 | 2.59 | 3.69 ± 0.72 | 3.30 ± 0.80 | 3.36 |
| Sa | 1.15 ± 0.56 | 0.94 ± 0.62 | 0.81 | 0.88 ± 0.42 | 0.92 ± 0.53 | 1.21 |
| Sb | 0.74 ± 0.42 | 0.60 ± 0.45 | 2.29 | 0.51 ± 0.28 | 0.55 ± 0.37 | 0.01 |
| r2 | 0.62 ± 0.14 | 0.68 ± 0.12 | 3.08 | 0.74 ± 0.10 | 0.71 ± 0.08 | 1.71 |
**P < 0.01.