Figure 3.

Relationships of crown mortality and three tree key functional traits. Relationship between carbon assimilation rate (A; A), sapwood-specific hydraulic conductivity (K_s; B), and turgor loss point (π_tlp; C) and PLFC. Each point is the average A/K_s/π_tlp of two to three stems per individual tree. Vertical bars represent ±1 standard error. Inset: The figure shows boxplots representing interquartile range and median values for A/K_s/π_tlp across months. Whiskers extend to 1.5 times box size above and below the median; any observations outside this range are denoted as individual points. Differences across months were not significant for A, K_s, and π_tlp (ns; P > 0.05; ANOVA). A linear model is fitted to the data in each panel. The confidence intervals of the regressions are shown in light grey color. The coefficients of determination and P-values are also shown in each panel.