Table 1.

Effects of N addition and shrub patches on the traits of L.chinensis in a shrub encroached grassland.

	N addition		Shrub patches		Shrub patches × N addition
	F	P	F	P	F	P
Leaf Length	0.447	0.810	201.434	<0.001	3.502	0.022
Leaf Width	0.447	0.810	35.776	<0.001	2.073	0.116
Number of Leaves	1.502	0.238	74.379	<0.001	0.427	0.824
Leaf Length-width Ratio	0.271	0.923	6.305	0.021	0.205	0.956
LNCmass	4.249	0.010	67.163	<0.001	1.004	0.444
LNCarea	0.468	0.795	17.740	<0.001	1.25	0.327
Leaf N Absorption	1.928	0.139	52.335	<0.001	0.601	0.700
Height	0.568	0.711	518.071	<0.001	0.695	0.634
Leaf Dry Mass per Tiller	1.068	0.410	28.588	<0.001	0.664	0.656
Aboveground Biomass	0.759	0.591	44.495	<0.001	0.719	0.618
Stem-Leaf Biomass Ratio	0.443	0.813	27.836	<0.001	1.012	0.439
Leaf Area per Tiller	0.886	0.511	118.783	<0.001	0.663	0.656
Specific Leaf Area	2.548	0.065	33.823	<0.001	1.105	0.392

Bold values indicate significant impact of N addition and shrub patches on plant traits.