2.5 Wood density
To explore whether species with different life-history strategies differ in their provenance differentiation, we examined the impact of species wood density, as an important component and continuous variable in theslow-fast life-history continuum (Reich 2014). We assume that species with higher wood density generally grow more slowly, have longer lifespans, and exhibit lower mortality rates (Chave et al. 2009, Liang et al. 2021). We retrieved wood density values for each species from the global wood density database using the ‘BIOMASS’ package v.2.1.8 (Réjou‐Méchain et al. 2017). Although wood density data for Australian rainforest species are generally sparse, with many species having only one or a few data points, (Preece et al. 2015, Ilic et al 2000), we were able to extract species level averages of wood density for all species based on a sample size of 6 individuals on average (range 1 to 46). Given our interest in using this trait as an index of inherent species differences in life history strategies, we considered the data appropriate for our needs.