Table 4. Correlations between seed characteristics and elevation in the studied plant species.
Species | Feature | N | r | p |
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Homogyne alpina | Seed number | 40 | 0.1590 | 0.3270 |
Mean seed size | 40 | 0.4800 | 0.0017 | |
CV of seedsize | 40 | 0.0108 | 0.9470 | |
Leucanthemum waldsteinii | Seed number | 26 | 0.2118 | 0.2988 |
Mean seed size | 26 | 0.5479 | 0.0037 | |
CV of seed size | 26 | 0.0715 | 0.7283 | |
Senecio subalpinus | Seed number | 24 | - 0.3526 | 0.0910 |
Mean seed size | 24 | 0.4924 | 0.0144 | |
CV of seedsize | 24 | 0.2142 | 0.3148 | |
Geum montanum | Seed number | 24 | - 0.2331 | 0.2728 |
Mean seed size | 24 | 0.0360 | 0.8673 | |
CV of seed size | 24 | 0.3781 | 0.0684 | |
Primula elatior | Seed number | 21 | - 0.5373 | 0.0119 |
Mean seed size | 21 | 0.1270 | 0.5832 | |
CV of seed size | 21 | 0.2808 | 0.2175 | |
Soldanella carpatica | Seed number | 45 | - 0.1113 | 0.4666 |
Mean seed size | 45 | 0.3794 | 0.0101 | |
CV of seed size | 45 | 0.0511 | 0.7415 |
Correlation coefficients significant at p < 0.05 are boldfaced.