Table 3 Using the dataset of tree species common between two-paired forests, the overall trends of whether the characteristics of each leaf trait differ between the forest types are examined with repeated one-way ANOVA.

From: Comparative physiology of canopy tree leaves in evergreen and deciduous forests in lowland Thailand

 

DDF-MDF

DEF-MDF

DEF-DDF

LMA

0.669

0.582

0.725

Aa

0.265

0.098

0.368

Ga

0.307

<0.01

0.894

Ci

<0.01

<0.05

0.719

iWUE

<0.05

<0.05

0.557

Nm

0.320

0.064

0.203

Pm

<0.05

<0.05

0.682

Mgm

0.581

0.603

0.279

Cam

0.744

0.855

0.623

Km

0.476

0.220

0.608

Na

0.304

0.103

0.427

Pa

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

Mga

0.459

0.439

0.078

Caa

0.586

0.792

0.436

Ka

0.398

0.124

0.733

Am

0.477

0.143

0.714

PNUE

0.2352

<0.05

0.357

PPUE

<0.05

<0.001

0.749

PMgUE

0.560

0.723

0.314

C/N

0.413

0.215

0.192

δ13 C

0.1237

<0.05

0.843

  1. The significant differences (P < 0.05) in each trait mean that the leaf characteristics are significantly different between the forest types across species. Here, 19, 17 and six common tree species were found between Mixed deciduous forest (MDF) and Dry deciduous forest (DDF), between MDF and Dry evergreen forest (DEF), and between DDF and DEF, respectively. The abbreviations of plant traits are shown in Table 1.
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