. 2022 Feb 10;129(5):619–631. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac020

Table 3.

Partial correlations (Pearson’s r) between leaf photosynthetic rate (A) and the related physiological and structural traits

			A
g _m	0.78 ^**	/	0.15	0.79 ^**	0.75 ^*	0.88 ^**	0.69 ^*	0.81 ^**	0.83 ^**
g _s	0.93 ^***	0.81 ^**	/	0.86 ^**	0.68*	0.79 ^**	0.84 ^**	0.86 ^**	0.89 ^**
K _leaf	0.80 ^**	0.81 ^**	0.55	/	–0.38	0.24	0.19	-0.02	0.17
X _major	0.92 ^***	0.91 ^***	0.64 ^*	0.81 ^**	/	0.66 ^*	0.78 ^**	0.67 ^*	0.82 ^**
X _minor	0.86 ^**	0.92 ^***	0.51	0.56	0.08	/	0.62	0.46	0.54
P _major	0.81 ^**	0.74 ^*	0.53	0.34	-0.32	0.48	/	0.19	0.32
P _minor	0.85 ^**	0.87 ^**	0.70 ^*	0.51	0.01	0.44	0.47	/	0.49
LT	0.80 ^**	0.85 ^**	0.66 ^*	0.21	-0.44	0.19	0.20	-0.01	/
Control variables	Zero-order	g _m	g _s	K _leaf	X _major	X _minor	P _major	P _minor	LT

*P < 0.05,

^** P < 0.01,

^*** P < 0.001. g_m, mesophyll conductance; g_s, stomatal conductance; K_leaf, leaf hydraulic conductance; X_major, total area of xylem conduits per major vein; X_minor, total area of xylem conduits per minor vein; P_major, phloem area per major vein; P_minor, phloem area per minor vein; and LT, leaf thickness.