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. 2003 Oct 31;100(23):13384–13389. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1835728100

Table 2. Mutual invasibility experiments testing the ability of native perennial grass seedlings to invade exotic annual communities and vice versa.

Biomass response to treatment
Perennials added to annual community
Annuals added to perennial community
Resident annuals
Seeded perennials
Resident perennials
Seeded annuals
Experiment Source df S.S. P S.S. P S.S. P S.S. P
Water Block 7 144.37 0.332 388.44 <0.001 122.43 0.087 205.11 0.033
Seeding 1 48.46 0.104 86.05 0.002 22.60 0.113 3.84 0.553
Water 1 56.22 0.082 137.92 <0.001 140.82 <0.001 8.45 0.381
Seed with water 1 1.92 0.739 7.45 0.314 11.21 0.257 14.65 0.252
Total 31 604.04 767.054 470.47 453.80
Nitrogen Block 4 59.77 0.305 68.62 0.005 32.13 0.673 34.11 0.763
Seeding 1 87.31 0.016 58.34 <0.001 3.48 0.622 4.26 0.641
Nitrogen 1 1.33 0.734 1.73 0.438 1.56 0.740 16.96 0.361
Seed with N 1 4.42 0.538 0.01 0.962 2.27 0.690 0.32 0.899
Total 19 284.67 160.94 173.87 240.34
Fire Block 3 47.46 0.041 20.41 0.193 15.54 0.136 37.53 0.292
Seeding 1 17.06 0.063 91.35 <0.001 4.34 0.190 31.31 0.089
Fire 1 2.34 0.452 2.30 0.430 0.83 0.551 0.65 0.790
Seed with fire 1 3.31 0.374 0.02 0.946 2.90 0.277 17.53 0.189
Total 15 104.19 145.68 43.07 164.56

Biomass of resident and seeded species are analyzed separately for two scenarios: perennials seeded into an annual community and annuals seeded into a perennial community.