Table 4 Correlation between availability of composite variables (factor scores) and various measures of community change. Coefficients are Spearman's R, with p-levels in parentheses. Correlations with p > 0.05 not reported. No community characteristics were correlated with Factors 3,5,6,7 or 8.
| Â | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Species Richness | Â | Â | Â |
   Overall |  | 0.77 (0.009) |  |
   DA | 0.81 (0.004) |  |  |
   DT |  |  |  |
   CT |  | 0.91 (0.000) |  |
   NA(F) |  | 0.82 (0.003) |  |
   NA(L) |  |  |  |
Number of Egs | Â | 0.69 (0.028) | Â |
Species per EG | Â | Â | Â |
   Overall |  | 0.72 (0.019) |  |
   CT |  |  |  |
   DA |  |  |  |
   DT |  |  |  |
   NA(F) |  |  |  |
   NA(L) |  |  |  |
S/G ratio | Â | Â | Â |
   Averaged across EGs |  |  |  |
   CT |  | 0.66 (0.036) |  |
   DA | 0.85 (0.002) |  |  |
   DT |  |  |  |
   NA(F) |  | 0.71 (0.020) |  |
   NA(L) |  |  | 0.80 (0.006) |