This repository contains the data and codes from the following manuscript:

Tall stature and small leaves: ecological strategies that enhance tree growth across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Repository content:

The scripts folder contains:

Scripts to perform all the analyses from the manuscript
code.R - packages and functions, data visualisation, PCAs and linear models.

The data folder contains:

Functional trait data and relative growth rates for all the 121 species
species.information.csv - csv. file containing data, see description of each column below

plot.rtf: plot and census information

metadata.xlxs: metadata (readme file) with the same information as described below

• Species: species name

• Family: Species family

• Mean.absolute.growth.rate: mean species growth rate based on diameter (mm) in time 1 minus diameter in time 0, divided by census interval (in years) <-> (dbh1-dbh0)/time

• SD.growth.rate: standard deviation from the mean absolute growth rates

• SLA: specific leaf area, in cm2/g

• LA: leaf area, in cm2

• LDMC: leaf dry-matter content, in mg/g

• LNC: leaf nitrogen content, in %

• LPC: leaf phosphorus content, in %

• WD: wood density, in g/cm3

• Height: maximum height per species within the sampled trees, in meters

• Number.of.stems: number of stems per species

• Median.height: species median height within the sampled trees, in meters

• Category: canopy or understory classification

• Relative.Growth.Rate: species relative growth rate, based on the following equation: (dbht1/dbhto)/t

The results folder contains:

principal.components.png: PCAs diagrams

The code was developed and tested using the R statistical software, R version 4.2.2 (R Development Core Team, 2022).