Ecological Archives E082-020-A1

M. J. Albert, A. Escudero, and J. M. Iriondo. 2001. Female reproductive success of narrow endemic Erodium paularense in contrasting microhabitats. Ecology 82:1734-1747.

Correlations between all variables included in SEM analysis and mean values ± 1 SD for each variable (year 1996). Only plants that produced flowers were included in the study.

A) Rock microhabitat (N = 107)

 

Size

Intensity

Synchrony

Moment

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Fruit set

Seeds per fruit

Competition

Mean ± 1 SD

12.8 ± 4.7

9.3± 8.9

0.4± 0.2

38.7± 10.6

43.4± 46.7

6.1± 9.3

2.8± 6.1

0.1± 0.2

0.3± 0.5

32.9± 32.2

Size

1.000

                 

Intensity

0.584

1.000

               

Synchrony

0.499

0.638

1.000

             

Moment

-0.038

-0.128

-0.299

1.000

Flowers

0.587

0.839

0.442

-0.096

1.000

         

Fruits

0.463

0.594

0.324

-0.150

0.757

1.000

       

Seeds

0.221

0.393

0.249

-0.131

0.457

0.731

1.000

     

Fruit set

0.133

-0.006

0.126

-0.084

0.043

0.372

0.338

1.000

   

Seeds per fruit

0.039

0.149

0.288

-0.132

0.094

0.231

0.544

0.221

1.000

 

Competition

-0.136

-0.040

-0.051

-0.010

-0.062

0.003

-0.082

-0.081

0.059

1.000

B) Lithosol microhabitat (N = 107)

 

Size

Intensity

Synchrony

Moment

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Fruit set

Seeds per fruit

Competition

Mean ± 1 SD

16.8± 7.3

18.7± 17.1

0.5± 0.1

35.2± 9.2

92.8± 97.4

16.7± 20.2

6.2± 8.8

0.2± 0.1

0.3± 0.5

50.9± 27.3

Size

1.000

                 

Intensity

0.810

1.000

               

Synchrony

0.397

0.422

1.000

             

Moment

-0.123

-0.273

-0.248

1.000

           

Flowers

0.747

0.843

0.214

-0.138

1.000

         

Fruits

0.614

0.723

0.194

-0.226

0.862

1.000

       

Seeds

0.462

0.593

0.205

-0.281

0.692

0.823

1.000

     

Fruit set

-0.145

-0.001

-0.097

-0.054

-0.027

0.269

0.239

1.000

   

Seeds per fruit

-0.028

0.021

0.285

-0.078

0.001

0.055

0.365

0.140

1.000

 

Competition

-0.387

-0.268

-0.100

0.231

-0.231

-0.153

-0.100

0.187

0.122

1.000

 


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