Correlation of trait values and plasticity indices with performance.

Trait abbreviations as in Table 1. Pearson product-moment correlations (r) and p-values (p) for the relationship between mean trait values or mean plasticity index and mean RGR. Mean values are the average of the two nutrient treatments. The bottom three rows represent correlations between mean RGR and a combined plasticity index drawn from several traits (see text). Boldface denotes p-values less than.05; § denotes p-values significant at α = .05 when corrected for 17 multiple comparisons by the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure for individual traits or indices, and for 3 multiple comparisons for grouped plasticity indices. After elimination of an outlier for SMR plasticity (see text), the correlation coefficient r = .76557 and p = .0448 (non-significant).