Table 2. Descriptors of trait’s network centrality: degree, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality for seedlings from moist and dry tropical forests.
| Moist forest | Dry forest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betweenness | Closeness | Degree | Betweenness | Closeness | Degree | |
| SLA | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.11 |
| LTh | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| LWC | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.48 | 0.90 | 0.88 |
| MPU | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| WD | 0.13 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| SWC | 0.06 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.09 | 0.75 | 0.66 |
| SRL | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.22 |
| RTh | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.64 | 0.44 |
| RD | 0.08 | 0.60 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.60 | 0.33 |
| MRD | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
Notes.
- SLA
- Specific leaf area
- MPU
- Minimum photosynthetic unit
- LTh
- Leaf thickness
- LWC
- Leaf water content
- WD
- Wood density
- SWC
- Stem water content
- SRL
- Specific root length
- MRD
- Maximum root depth
- RTh
- Root thickness
- RD
- Root density