Table 1.
Traits, ranges of trait values and numbers of species sampled. Two measures of tree height are provided. Heightmax refers to the maximum height recorded for each species. Heightthree refers to the mean height of the three tallest individuals of each species. For chlorophyll content, the concentration is in µm cm-2 (following Coste et al. 2010) and the measured SPAD units are provided. Trait values for all species can be found in Suppl. material 4.
| Trait | Unit | Range | No of species |
| Fruit mass | g | 0.01-20.03 | 44 |
| Seed mass | g | 0.00004-5.07 | 42 |
| Heightmax | m | 1.5-15.8 | 57 |
| Heightthree | m | 1.5-12.3 | 57 |
| Wood density | g cm-3 | 0.29-0.99 | 53 |
| Leaf mass per area (LMA) | g cm-2 | 0.52-2.6 | 56 |
| Leaf area | cm2 | 1.78-126.66 | 56 |
| Chlorophyll concentration | µm cm-2 | 19.45-114.55 | 52 |
| Chlorophyll SPAD | SAPD unit | 21.20-73.60 | 52 |
| Leaf carbon | % | 43.73-57.44 | 56 |
| Leaf nitrogen | % | 0.63-2.79 | 56 |
| Leaf phosphorous | % | 0.13-1.16 | 56 |