Table 4. Correlation coefficients for associations amongst measures of ELWL and leaf traits.

ELWL trait: Trait:    Time period:	ELWLW 0–3 h	ELWLF 0–3 h	ELWLD 0–3 h	ELWLA 0–3 h	ELWLW 3–6 h	ELWLF 3–6 h	ELWLD 3–6 h	ELWLA 3–6 h
ELWLW 0–3 h	1
ELWLF 0–3 h	0.991****	1
ELWLD 0–3 h	0.761****	0.820****	1
ELWLA 0–3 h	0.772****	0.807****	0.852****	1
ELWLW 3–6 h	0.836****	0.830****	0.594****	0.658****	1
ELWLF 3–6 h	0.209*	0.206*	0.120	0.209*	0.687****	1
ELWLD 3–6 h	0.138	0.169	0.298**	0.299**	0.581****	0.925****	1
ELWLA 3–6 h	0.174	0.195	0.231*	0.406****	0.620****	0.923****	0.932****	1
0–3 h water loss	0.219*	0.271**	0.446****	0.461****	0.223*	0.105	0.225*	0.259*
3–6 h water loss	−0.059	−0.029	0.078	0.169	0.346***	0.712****	0.741****	0.773****
Leaf length	−0.406****	−0.371***	−0.139	−0.212*	−0.340***	−0.108	0.010	−0.020
Leaf width	−0.231*	−0.219*	−0.170	−0.185	−0.135	0.028	0.016	0.012
Leaf area	−0.385****	−0.359***	−0.199	−0.250*	−0.279**	−0.036	0.023	−0.001
Leaf lamina thickness	−0.258*	−0.224*	−0.132	−0.016	−0.096	0.118	0.162	0.221*
Leaf midrib thickness	−0.351***	−0.326**	−0.187	−0.084	−0.248*	−0.013	0.077	0.123
Leaf initial FW	−0.381***	−0.336***	−0.061	−0.035	−0.282**	−0.032	0.106	0.132
Leaf DW	−0.376***	−0.365***	−0.304**	−0.176	−0.238*	0.010	−0.001	0.095
Leaf initial FW/cm2	−0.377***	−0.327**	−0.027	−0.015	−0.284**	−0.037	0.120	0.136
Stomatal number/unit area	0.034	0.013	−0.119	−0.049	0.116	0.159	0.035	0.097

Notes.

Significant positive correlations are shown in bold, and significant negative correlations are shown underlined.

^∗, ^∗∗, ^∗∗∗, ^∗∗∗∗ indicate correlations significant at P < 0.05, P < 0.01, P < 0.001 and P < 0.0001, respectively, with 92 df.