Research Article

Patterns of Allocation CSR Plant Functional Types in Northern Europe

Table 3

Correlation between species traits, PCA axes score, and species coordinates in “Grime’s triangle.”

PCA 1PCA 2Axis Axis Axis

Traits ()
CH0.2 n.s.−0.18 n.s.
LDW−0.04 n.s.
SLA−0.06 n.s.
LDMC−0.01 n.s.
LS−0.2 n.s.−0.22 n.s.
FS−0.17 n.s.0.09 n.s.0.09 n.s.0.11 n.s.−0.17 n.s.
FP−0.1 n.s.−0.1 n.s.
PN0.04 n.s.0.06 n.s.
RD0.14 n.s.0.16 n.s.
LNC0.14 n.s.
LCC0.14 n.s.

Species coordinates in the CSR triangle ()
−0.14 n.s.
−0.15 n.s.

significance at the level, , and n.s.: no significance.
PCA 1 and 2: first two axes of PCA ordination.
Axis , axis , and axis : coordinates of species in the space of new model.
Morphological and functional traits are given as in Table 2.
, , and : coordinates of species in the space of Grime’s classification.