DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7965642
title: Soil variation response is mediated by growth trajectories rather than functional traits in a widespread pioneer Neotropical tree

description: Description of Soil_DataTrees.csv



	
Tree_label: Label of trees on the field, there are 70 trees
	
Tree_site: Site on which the tree has been sampled; COU: Counami; SPA: Sparouine
	
Descr_date: Date of tree sampling
	
Soil_type: Type of soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils
	
Soil_sample: Label of soil sample
	
H2Osoil: Soil water content (g kg-1)
	
Clay: Soil clay content (g kg-1)
	
SiltTh: Soil thin silt content (g kg-1)
	
SiltCo: Soil coarse silt content (g kg-1)
	
SandTh: Soil thin sand content (g kg-1)
	
SandCo: Soil coarse sand content (g kg-1)
	
Csoil: Soil carbon content (g kg-1)
	
Nsoil: Soil nitrogen content (g kg-1)
	
CNsoil: Soil carbon:nitrogen ratio
	
MOsoil: Soil organic matter content (g kg-1)
	
Ptotsoil: Soil total phosphorus content (g 100g-1)
	
Kcec: Soil potassium:CEC[cation-exchange capacity] ratio
	
Cacec: Soil calcium:CEC ratio
	
Mgcec: Soil magnesium:CEC ratio
	
Nacec: Soil sodium:CEC ratio
	
Alcec: Soil aluminum:CEC ratio
	
Fecec: Soil iron:CEC ratio
	
Mncec: Soil manganese:CEC ratio
	
Hcec: Soil hydrogen:CEC ratio
	
pHsoil: Soil pH (cmol kg-1)
	
CECsoil: Soil cation-exchange capacity (cmol kg-1)
	
Indexsoil: Soil index of fertility = (K+Ca+Mg+Na)/CEC



K, Ca, Mg, Na, Al, Fe, Mn, H were initially measured in cmol kg-1


 


Description of Trait_DataTrees.csv



	
Tree_label: Label of the tree on the field. There are 70 trees
	
Tree_site: Site of sampling; COU: Counami; SPA: Sparouine
	
Descr_date: Date of tree sampling
	
Calendar_day: Day of the year (between 1 and 365) of tree sampling
	
Soil_type: Type of the soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils
	
PCA1_soil: Coordinates of the trees along the first axis of PCA (principal component analysis) with soil data, used as a quantitative soil index on FS-WS soil gradient
	
mesHeight: Measured tree height (m)
	
Height: Tree height based on the sum of all internodes length (m)
	
Dbh: Tree diameter at height breast (cm)
	
Age: Tree age (year)
	
Order: Number of branching order
	
Brtot: Total number of branches branching from the trunk
	
Leaftot: Total number of leaves
	
Fltot: Total number of inflorescences
	
Acrown: Total estimated crown area (m²)
	
INA1: Number of trunk internodes
	
Brbear: Number of A2 bearing branches
	
Brdead: Number of A2 dead branches
	
Br1stH: First branching height
	
Fl1stH: First flowering height
	
Br1stIN: First branching node rank
	
Fl1stIN: First flowering node rank
	
Br1stAge: First branching age
	
Fl1stAge: First flowering age
	
LL: Leaf lifespan (day)
	
Lpet: Petiole length (cm)
	
Apet: Petiole cross-sectional area (mm²)
	
Nlobe: Number of leaf lobes
	
LMA: Leaf mass area (g m-2)
	
Thleaf: Leaf thickness (µm)
	
Aleaf: Estimated individual leaf area (cm²)
	
Chlleaf: Leaf chlorophyll content (mg ml-1)
	
H20resleaf: Leaf residual water content (%)
	
dC13leaf: δ13C content (‰)
	
Cleaf: Leaf carbon content (g kg-1)
	
Nleaf: Leaf nitrogen content (g kg-1)
	
CNleaf: Leaf carbon:nitrogen ratio
	
Pleaf: Leaf phosphorus content (g kg-1)
	
Kleaf: Leaf potassium content (g kg-1)
	
WSG: Wood specific gravity (g cm-3)



 


 



	
Tree_label: Label of the tree
	
Soil_type: Type of the soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils
	
rank_base: Rank of the internode from the base of the tree
	
rank_top: Rank of the internode from the apex of the tree
	
phyllochron: Phyllochron, number of days for the production of one leaf
	
date: Estimated date of tree germination
	
nb_day_base: Number of days since estimated germination
	
nb_day_top: Age of the internode in days at tree sampling
	
AS_rank_base: Rank of the annual shoot from the base of the tree
	
As_rank_top: Rank of the annual shoot from the apex of the tree
	
AS_nodes_base: Number of internodes per annual shoot
	
AS_length_base: Length of the annual shoot (cm)
	
AS_br_base: Number of A2 branches on the annual shoot
	
AS_flo_base: Number of inflorescences on the annual shoot
	
lg_en: Internode length (cm)
	
ht_en: Cumulated height of the tree based on the sum of internode length (cm)
	
ma_lgen: Moving average of internode length
	
resi_lgen: Residuals of internode length