Table 3.
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).