Table 3.

Leaf traits of alder growing in two plant communities. Averages are given ± standard error.

Leaf Type	Community	SLA (cm2/ g)	δ15N	C:N	%N	Narea (g N/ m2 leaf)	N:P	%P	Parea (g P/ m2)
Sun	Alder Shrubland	120.55 ± 7.09	-1.74 ± 0.11 *	21.01 ± 1.73	2.33 ± 0.06	2.03 ± 0.08	14.40 ± 0.36 *	0.16 ± 0.01 *	0.14 ± 0.01 *
	Alder Savanna	116.56 ± 6.29	-1.36 ± 0.09 *	19.25 ± 0.88	2.25 ± 0.12	1.92 ± 0.09	20.43 ± 1.12 *	0.11 ± 0.01 *	0.10 ± 0.01 *
Shade	Alder Shrubland	160.6 ± 7.1 *	-1.76 ± 0.15 *	21.70 ± 1.76	2.29 ± 0.05 *	1.49 ± 0.07 *	14.67 ± 0.40 *	0.16 ± 0.01 *	0.10 ± 0.01 *
	Alder Savanna	120.42 ± 4.9 *	-1.22 ± 0.08 *	23.08 ± 0.85	1.98 ± 0.08 *	1.71 ± 0.10 *	23.52 ± 2.65 *	0.09 ± 0.01 *	0.07 ± 0.00 *
Litter	Alder Shrubland	151.16	-2.26 ± 0.18	32.61 ± 0.50	1.56 ± 0.02	1.03 ± 0.01	24.46 ± 2.76	0.07 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01

Asterisk (*) and bold indicate statistically significant differences between communities (p < 0.05).