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Table 1 Characteristics of stoichiometric homeostasis in leaves of Quercus sect. Heterobalanus plants

From: Leaf ecological stoichiometry and anatomical structural adaptation mechanisms of Quercus sect. Heterobalanus in southeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

 

Life forms

Species

 

Trees

Shrubs

Q. pannosa

Q. aquifolioides

Q. spinosa

Q. semicarpifolia

Q. longispica

Q. monimotricha

1/HC

−0.01

−0.01

−0.01

−0.02

−0.01

−0.01

−0.01

0

P

0

0

0.001

0

0

0

0

0.003

Grade

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

1/HN

0.16

0.15

0.28

0.02

0.26

-0.07

0.27

−0.1

P

0.06

0.11

0.067

0.465

0.008

0.023

0.001

0.071

Grade

Homeostatic

Strictly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Strictly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Homeostatic

1/HP

4.38

−3.99

−8.97

1.61

4.8

3.75

−5.32

−2.28

P

0.007

0.005

0.085

0.005

0.019

0.251

0.486

0.01

Grade

/

/

/

/

/

Strictly

homeostatic

Strictly homeostatic

/

1/HC: N

−0.07

-0.06

−0.08

−0.05

−0.14

0

−0.16

0.01

P

0.001

0.006

0.005

0.017

0.001

0.014

0.001

0.066

Grade

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

1/HC: P

0.07

0.07

0.06

0.25

−0.04

0.14

0.07

0.05

P

0.005

0.005

0.008

0.001

0.004

0.028

0.016

0.022

Grade

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

Homeostatic

1/HN: P

0.37

0.32

0.38

1.22

0.12

0.32

0.44

0.02

P

0.004

0.007

0.028

0.003

0.156

0.033

0.001

0.108

Grade

Weakly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

/

Strictly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Weakly homeostatic

Strictly homeostatic

  1. 1/H is the homeostasis coefficient