Table 1.
PFT summary.
| PFT | Drought tolerance | Altitudinal zone | Shade tolerance | Wood density | Leaf nitrogen | Specific leaf area | Seed dry mass | Leaf phenology | Representative species | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry acquisitive | ▲ | ▼ | ▼ | 0.56 ± 0.07 | 2.35 ± 0.37 | 13.66 ± 0.73 | 525.20 ± 314.35 | D | Brosimum alicastrum | 1316 |
| Calycophyllum candidissimum | 550 | |||||||||
| Enterolobium cyclocarpum | 905 | |||||||||
| Pachira quinata | 334 | |||||||||
| Dry conservative | ▲ | ▼ | ▼ | 0.65 ± 0.06 | 2.69 ± 0.56 | 11.98 ± 1.10 | 37.00 ± 20.31 | SE/E | Alvaradoa amorphoides | 641 |
| Byrsonima crassifolia | 2340 | |||||||||
| Leucaena leucocephala | 1074 | |||||||||
| Vachellia farnesiana | 1125 | |||||||||
| Wet acquisitive | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | 0.32 ± 0.05 | 2.57 ± 0.31 | 16.54 ± 3.60 | 281.825 ± 266.76 | SE/E | Cecropia obtusifolia | 686 |
| Ochroma pyramidale | 660 | |||||||||
| Schizolobium parahyba | 348 | |||||||||
| Vochysia ferruginea | 432 | |||||||||
| Wet conservative | ▼ | ▼ | ▲ | 0.63 ± 0.08 | 1.96 ± 0.26 | 14.22 ± 0.67 | 8789.65 ± 6440.16 | SE | Calophyllum brasiliense | 760 |
| Carapa guianensis | 314 | |||||||||
| Dialium guianense | 489 | |||||||||
| Symphonia globulifera | 599 | |||||||||
| Generalist | ► | ▼ | ► | 0.42 ± 0.06 | 2.28 ± 0.08 | 15.93 ± 1.21 | 745.93 ± 539.51 | D/SE | Ceiba pentandra | 810 |
| Guazuma ulmifolia | 3225 | |||||||||
| Simarouba amara | 498 | |||||||||
| Spondias mombin | 1520 | |||||||||
| Montane | ▼ | ▲ | ► | 0.49 ± 0.03 | 2.08 ± 0.29 | 8.38 ± 1.31 | n/a | SE/E | Alnus acuminata | 1115 |
| Cornus disciflora | 657 | |||||||||
| Drimys granadensis | 822 | |||||||||
| Weinmannia spp. | 1468 | |||||||||
| Coniferous | ▲ | ► | ▼ | 0.50 ± 0.02 | n/a | n/a | 28.90 ± 13.19 | E | Pinus ayacahuite | 270 |
| Pinus caribaea | 206 | |||||||||
| Pinus oocarpa | 618 | |||||||||
| Pinus tecunumanii | 257 |
Summary of the PFT composition (species names in italics), functional traits and sample sizes (presence records). Trait means are shown in bold with respective standard errors indicated by ± . Qualitative traits are ranked as high/intermediate/low (▲/►/▼). Leaf phenology can be deciduous (D), semi-evergreen (SE) or evergreen (E).