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