Soil variation response is mediated by growth trajectories rather than functional traits in a widespread pioneer Neotropical tree

<p>Description of Soil_DataTrees.csv</p> <ul> <li>Tree_label: Label of trees on the field, there are 70 trees</li> <li>Tree_site: Site on which the tree has been sampled; COU: Counami; SPA: Sparouine</li> <li>Descr_date: Date of tree sampling</li> <li>Soil_type: Type of soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils</li> <li>Soil_sample: Label of soil sample</li> <li>H2Osoil: Soil water content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Clay: Soil clay content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>SiltTh: Soil thin silt content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>SiltCo: Soil coarse silt content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>SandTh: Soil thin sand content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>SandCo: Soil coarse sand content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Csoil: Soil carbon content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Nsoil: Soil nitrogen content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>CNsoil: Soil carbon:nitrogen ratio</li> <li>MOsoil: Soil organic matter content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Ptotsoil: Soil total phosphorus content (g 100g^-1)</li> <li>Kcec: Soil potassium:CEC[cation-exchange capacity] ratio</li> <li>Cacec: Soil calcium:CEC ratio</li> <li>Mgcec: Soil magnesium:CEC ratio</li> <li>Nacec: Soil sodium:CEC ratio</li> <li>Alcec: Soil aluminum:CEC ratio</li> <li>Fecec: Soil iron:CEC ratio</li> <li>Mncec: Soil manganese:CEC ratio</li> <li>Hcec: Soil hydrogen:CEC ratio</li> <li>pHsoil: Soil pH (cmol kg^-1)</li> <li>CECsoil: Soil cation-exchange capacity (cmol kg^-1)</li> <li>Indexsoil: Soil index of fertility = (K+Ca+Mg+Na)/CEC</li> </ul> <p>K, Ca, Mg, Na, Al, Fe, Mn, H were initially measured in cmol kg^-1</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Description of Trait_DataTrees.csv</p> <ul> <li>Tree_label: Label of the tree on the field. There are 70 trees</li> <li>Tree_site: Site of sampling; COU: Counami; SPA: Sparouine</li> <li>Descr_date: Date of tree sampling</li> <li>Calendar_day: Day of the year (between 1 and 365) of tree sampling</li> <li>Soil_type: Type of the soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils</li> <li>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</li> <li>mesHeight: Measured tree height (m)</li> <li>Height: Tree height based on the sum of all internodes length (m)</li> <li>Dbh: Tree diameter at height breast (cm)</li> <li>Age: Tree age (year)</li> <li>Order: Number of branching order</li> <li>Brtot: Total number of branches branching from the trunk</li> <li>Leaftot: Total number of leaves</li> <li>Fltot: Total number of inflorescences</li> <li>Acrown: Total estimated crown area (m&sup2;)</li> <li>INA1: Number of trunk internodes</li> <li>Brbear: Number of A2 bearing branches</li> <li>Brdead: Number of A2 dead branches</li> <li>Br1stH: First branching height</li> <li>Fl1stH: First flowering height</li> <li>Br1stIN: First branching node rank</li> <li>Fl1stIN: First flowering node rank</li> <li>Br1stAge: First branching age</li> <li>Fl1stAge: First flowering age</li> <li>LL: Leaf lifespan (day)</li> <li>Lpet: Petiole length (cm)</li> <li>Apet: Petiole cross-sectional area (mm&sup2;)</li> <li>Nlobe: Number of leaf lobes</li> <li>LMA: Leaf mass area (g m^-2)</li> <li>Thleaf: Leaf thickness (&micro;m)</li> <li>Aleaf: Estimated individual leaf area (cm&sup2;)</li> <li>Chlleaf: Leaf chlorophyll content (mg ml^-1)</li> <li>H20resleaf: Leaf residual water content (%)</li> <li>dC13leaf: &delta;¹³C content (&permil;)</li> <li>Cleaf: Leaf carbon content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Nleaf: Leaf nitrogen content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>CNleaf: Leaf carbon:nitrogen ratio</li> <li>Pleaf: Leaf phosphorus content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>Kleaf: Leaf potassium content (g kg^-1)</li> <li>WSG: Wood specific gravity (g cm^-3)</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Tree_label: Label of the tree</li> <li>Soil_type: Type of the soil; FS: ferralitic soils; WS: white-sand soils</li> <li>rank_base: Rank of the internode from the base of the tree</li> <li>rank_top: Rank of the internode from the apex of the tree</li> <li>phyllochron: Phyllochron, number of days for the production of one leaf</li> <li>date: Estimated date of tree germination</li> <li>nb_day_base: Number of days since estimated germination</li> <li>nb_day_top: Age of the internode in days at tree sampling</li> <li>AS_rank_base: Rank of the annual shoot from the base of the tree</li> <li>As_rank_top: Rank of the annual shoot from the apex of the tree</li> <li>AS_nodes_base: Number of internodes per annual shoot</li> <li>AS_length_base: Length of the annual shoot (cm)</li> <li>AS_br_base: Number of A2 branches on the annual shoot</li> <li>AS_flo_base: Number of inflorescences on the annual shoot</li> <li>lg_en: Internode length (cm)</li> <li>ht_en: Cumulated height of the tree based on the sum of internode length (cm)</li> <li>ma_lgen: Moving average of internode length</li> <li>resi_lgen: Residuals of internode length</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>