Plant Trait Assembly in Species-Rich Forests at Varying Elevations in the Northwest Andes of Colombia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Tree Species Abundance (L Matrix)
2.3. Environmental Variables (R Matrix)
2.4. Trait Sampling (Q Matrix)
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Patterns of Change with Elevation
3.2. Definition of Functional Groups
3.3. Traits–Environment Relationship for Different Cutoff Tree Sizes
4. Discussion
4.1. Functional Groups
4.2. Drivers of Plant Trait Assembly
4.3. Traits–Environment Relationship for Different Tree Size Cutoff
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Inertia: 4,16 | |||||
A × 1 | A × 2 | A × 3 | A × 4 | A × 5 | |
Eig | 3.23 | 0.75 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Eig % | 77.66 | 18.10 | 3.04 | 0.84 | 0.27 |
Acumulative | 77.66 | 95.76 | 98.81 | 99.65 | 99.92 |
Eigenvalues Decomposition | |||||
Eig | covar | sdR | sdQ | corr | |
1 | 3.23 | 1.80 | 2.48 | 1.22 | 0.59 |
2 | 0.75 | 0.87 | 1.44 | 1.39 | 0.43 |
Permutation Test (Randtest) | |||||
Test | Obs | Std. Obs | Alter | p value | |
1 | Model 2 | 4.16 | 3.98 | greater | 0.00006 |
2 | Model 4 | 4.16 | 15.26 | greater | 0.00002 |
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Ochoa-Beltrán, A.; Martínez-Villa, J.A.; Kennedy, P.G.; Salgado-Negret, B.; Duque, A. Plant Trait Assembly in Species-Rich Forests at Varying Elevations in the Northwest Andes of Colombia. Land 2021, 10, 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101057
Ochoa-Beltrán A, Martínez-Villa JA, Kennedy PG, Salgado-Negret B, Duque A. Plant Trait Assembly in Species-Rich Forests at Varying Elevations in the Northwest Andes of Colombia. Land. 2021; 10(10):1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101057
Chicago/Turabian StyleOchoa-Beltrán, Angélica, Johanna Andrea Martínez-Villa, Peter G. Kennedy, Beatriz Salgado-Negret, and Alvaro Duque. 2021. "Plant Trait Assembly in Species-Rich Forests at Varying Elevations in the Northwest Andes of Colombia" Land 10, no. 10: 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10101057