Research Article
Functional Trait Trade-Offs for the Tropical Montane Rain Forest Species Responding to Light from Simulating Experiments
Table 3
Plasticity indexes for morphological parameters in seedlings of the three rain forest tree species under different light levels.
| Indexes | Plasticity indexes | Ec | Pl | Mean |
| Biomass allocation | | | | LMR | 0.49 ± 0.20 | 0.34 ± 0.03 | 0.42 | SMR | 0.14 ± 0.07 | 0.16 ± 0.06 | 0.15 | RMR | 0.30 ± 0.04 | 0.20 ± 0.03 | 0.25 | Biomass allocation mean | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.27 | Leaf morphology | | | | SLA | 0.47 ± 0.12 | 0.17 ± 0.06 | 0.32 | LAR | 0.73 ± 0.13 | 0.46 ± 0.04 | 0.60 | Leaf morphological mean | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.46 | Total | 2.13 | 1.33 | |
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