Table 2 Boundary analyses and significance tests for the spatial variation of leaf water content.

From: Spatial variation and mechanisms of leaf water content in grassland plants at the biome scale: evidence from three comparative transects

Leaf water content (LWC)

Quantiles

Fitted equations

Significance

Mongolia plateau (MP)

95th

LWC =  − 0.00038MAP + 1.00

P < 0.001

5th

LWC = 0.00002MAP2 − 0.012MAP + 1.85

P < 0.001

Range

LWC =  − 0.00002MAP2 − 0.01162MAP − 0.85

–

Loess plateau (LP)

95th

LWC =  − 0.0002MAP + 0.94

P < 0.001

5th

LWC = 0.3980

–

Range

LWC =  − 0.0002MAP + 0.5420

–

Tibetan plateau (TP)

95th

LWC = 0.9575

–

5th

LWC =  − 0.00061MAP + 0.63

P < 0.001

Range

LWC = 0.00061 + 0.3275

–

  1. †95th and 5th represented 95% upper boundary and 5% lower boundary. Range is the fluctuation to leaf water content (LWC) between the upper and lower boundaries.
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