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

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