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Table 4 Magnitude and statistical significance of Pearson correlations between hydraulic and leaf traits of 13 karst woody species in southwestern China

From: Do karst woody plants control xylem tension to avoid substantial xylem cavitation in the wet season?

Trait

Ψ min

P n

g s

K l

Ψ 50

K lnoon

Loss

F v /F m

Margin

Ψ min

1

        

P n

−0.229

1

       

g s

−0.621*

0.704**

1

      

K l

−0.815*

0.422

0.666*

1

     

Ψ 50

−0.452

0.000

0.075

0.414

1

    

Kl noon

−0.040

0.350

0.513

0.333

−0.237

1

   

Loss

−0.654*

−0.067

0.136

0.505

0.804**

−0.519

1

  

F v /F m

0.125

−0.046

−0.412

− 0.247

−0.032

− 0.568*

0.168

1

 

Margin

0.591*

−0.055

−0.187

− 0.541

−0.984**

0.216

−0.853**

0.063

1

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. Trait abbreviations and units as in Table 2