[Retracted] Variations in Stable Carbon Isotope Composition and Leaf Traits of Picea schrenkiana var. tianschanica along an Altitude Gradient in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

Table 3

Correlation coefficients among leaf traits.

	()	LA; (cm^2)	SD; (number·mm^−2)	LNC; (mg·g^−1)	LPC; (mg·g^−1)	LKC; (mg·g^−1)	Chla + b; (mg·g^−1)	LDMC; (mg·g^−1)	LMA; (g·m^−2)	Narea; (g·m^−2)
()	1
LA (cm^2)	−0.436^*	1
SD (number·mm^−2)	−0.432^*	0.590^**	1
LNC (mg·g^−1)	0.550^**	0.313^*	−0.146	1
LPC (mg·g^−1)	−0.049	0.813^**	0.428^**	0.542^**	1
LKC (mg·g^−1)	0.222	0.681^**	0.514^**	0.618^**	0.848^**	1
Chla + b (mg·g^−1)	0.135	0.596^**	0.032	0.694^**	0.738^**	0.648^**	1
LDMC (mg·g^−1)	0.305	−0.582^**	−0.094	−0.260	−0.594^**	−0.403^**	−0.618^**	1
LMA (g·m^−2)	−0.231	−0.576^**	−0.177	−0.601^**	−0.741^**	−0.706^**	−0.521^**	0.313^*	1
Narea  (g·m^−2)	0.397^*	0.463^**	0.002	0.962^**	0.602^**	0.675^**	0.735^**	−0.340^*	−0.618^**	1

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