Fig. 7: Standardized total effects of all significant factors in the final structural equation models on productivity and stability in different wetland types. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Standardized total effects of all significant factors in the final structural equation models on productivity and stability in different wetland types.

From: Wetland productivity and stability increase more with average plant size than with plant functional diversity

Fig. 7: Standardized total effects of all significant factors in the final structural equation models on productivity and stability in different wetland types.

a Herbaceous wetlands (n = 417). b Woody wetlands (n = 451). c Inland wetlands (n = 604). d Tidal wetlands (n = 264). e Least disturbed wetlands (n = 212). f Intermediate disturbed wetlands (n = 416). g Most disturbed wetlands (n = 230). The factors were ranked based on their combined effects on productivity and stability. The final structural equation models are given in Supplementary Figs. 6–8. Standardized total effects, combining direct and indirect effects, were obtained from bootstrapped SEMs. Points represent mean effect estimates, with error bars showing 95% confidence intervals from 500 bootstrap iterations. High CWMPC1 values indicate more acquisitive traits, and high CWMPC2 values indicate larger plant size. MAT mean annual temperature; CMI climate moisture index; WTD water table depth; Disturbance, anthropogenic disturbance; FDis RE traits, functional dispersion of resource economics traits; FDis PS traits, functional dispersion of plant size traits. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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