Table 1 The subsets of traits determined by the ordination axis-based and trait selection methods. See the abbreviations for traits in the Table S2 in the Supplementary Information.
From: Trait choice profoundly affected the ecological conclusions drawn from functional diversity measures
Data sets | Methods | Traits identified | Percentage of total variation explained (%)1 |
|---|---|---|---|
Loess Plateau, China | PC | Four principal components | 72.1 |
RM | Hv, Area, LP, RLateral | 61.4 | |
GCD | Area, LDMC, Rdepth, RMF | 63.0 | |
RV | Area, LDMC, LN, Rlateral | 71.7 | |
HL | LDMC, Rdepth, Area2 | 51.03, 52.33, 60.13 | |
Arizona, USA | PC | Four principal components | 61.3 |
RM | Hv, SRL, LN, L15N | 50.6 | |
GCD | Hv, SRL, LN, L15N | 51.6 | |
RV | Hv, LDMC, SRL, LN | 58.3 | |
HL | LN, SRL, Hv, FlrDuration | 49.3, 43.1, 56.1 | |
Jena, German | PC | Four principal components | 80.3 |
RM | RDepth, LMF, SLA, LNa | 73.9 | |
GCD | RDepth, LMF, SLA, LNa | 75.1 | |
RV | RDepth, LMF, SLA, LNa | 83.4 | |
HL | LMF, LNa, RDepth, SeedEmerg | 71.9, 66.1, 81.7 | |
Rehoboth, Namibia | PC | Four principal components | 69 |
RM | Height, LWRatio, Area, DiaLen | 57.3 | |
GCD | Height, LWRatio, LT, SLA | 52.4 | |
RV | ACD, LT, SpiLen, SeedLen | 62.5 | |
HL | SeedLen, Area, LWRatio, SLA | 56.0, 42.4, 57.1 | |
Lieu-dit Aravo, France | PC | Four principal components | 75.7 |
RM | Hv, Spread, Area, SLA | 66.2 | |
GCD | Hv, Spread, Area, SLA | 63.6 | |
RV | Spread, LAngle, SLA, SeedMass | 69.1 | |
HL | Hv, Spread, Area, SLA | 66.2, 63.6, 68.7 | |
Mount John, New Zealand | PC | Two principal components | 74 |
RM | LS, Area | 60.2 | |
GCD | Hr, LS | 45.4 | |
RV | LN, LP | 74.4 | |
HL | LN, Hr | 59.7, 37.3, 62.2 |
