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. 2008 Oct 22;8:17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-8-17

Table 3.

Mean changes in biomass (g/m2) of major plant functional groups in low shrub tundra, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

δp δs δc

Functional groups Treatment combinations Mean change (g/m2) 95% CI [min, max] Mean change (g/m2) 95% CI [min, max] Mean change (g/m2) 95% CI [min, max]
B. nana leaf Ungrazed Ambient -10.03 [-28.86, 8.80] 74.85a [46.32, 103.38] 35.03a [2.14, 67.91]

Ungrazed Warmed 6.69 [-12.14, 25.52] 56.61a [28.08, 85.13] 35.75a [2.87, 68.64]

Grazed Ambient 14.63 [-2.86, 32.11] 31.55a [5.06, 58.03] 20.02 [-10.51, 50.55]

Grazed Warmed 0.96 [-16.50, 18.47] 46.37a [19.88, 72.86] 9.49 [-21.04, 40.02]

B. nana stem Ungrazed Ambient 214.67a [124.71, 304.54] 103.41 [-34.61, 241.42] 159.29a [55.84, 262.75]

Ungrazed Warmed 264.98a [175.07, 354.89] 86.81 [-51.21, 224.82] 142.69a [39.24, 246.15]

Grazed Ambient 163.75a [80.28, 274.22] 102.722 [-25.41, 230.85] 165.45a [69.41, 261.50]

Grazed Warmed 168.97a [85.49, 252.44] 69.05 [-59.08, 197.18] 132.25a [36.21, 228.30]

Graminoids Ungrazed Ambient 0.83 [-1.02, 2.69] 8.04a [4.20, 11.89] 6.46a [2.40, 10.53]

Ungrazed Warmed 0.29 [-1.56, 2.14] 7.25a [3.40, 11.09] 6.00a [1.93, 10.07]

Grazed Ambient -2.48a [-4.20, -0.76)] 7.94a [4.37, 11.51] 6.28a [2.50, 10.05]

Grazed Warmed -0.69 [-2.41, 1.03] 7.33a [3.76, 10.89] 5.78a [2.01, 9.56]

Forbs Ungrazed Ambient -0.51 [-2.66, 1.64] 2.17a [0.19, 4.14] 0.67 [-1.67, 3.00]

Ungrazed Warmed -1.72 [-3.87, 0.43] 2.80a [0.83, 4.77] -0.66 [-2.99, 1.67]

Grazed Ambient -0.88 [-2.87, 1.12] 1.88a [0.04, 3.71] 0.86 [-1.30, 3.03]

Grazed Warmed 0.06 [-1.93, 2.06] 1.86a [0.03, 3.69] -0.12 [-2.28, 2.05]

CI: confidence intervals of the means for each treatment combination. a indicates that the mean is statistically different from 0 at p ≤ 0.05. δp: primary change (2003–2004), δs: secondary change (2005–2006), δc: cumulative change (2003–2006).