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. 2008 Feb 4;101(5):717–726. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn011

Table 3.

Results from MANOVAs comparing the size of involucre and nectaries from male and hermaphrodite cyathia of different inflorescence levels in the La Camilla population of E. nicaeensis

Involucre
Nectary
Multivariate test
Univariate test for variable
Multivariate test
Univariate test for variable
Factor Wilk's lambda F d.f. P Width Length Wilk's lambda F d.f. P Width Length
Level 0·72 5·44 6, 182 **** *** ** 0·70 6·05 6, 182 **** **** ****
Sexuality 0·96 2·13 2, 93 ns ns ns 0·89 5·63 2, 93 ** ** ns

Interaction between both factors was not recorded because male and hermaphrodite cyathia do not occur at each level of the inflorescence (see Fig. 1). The levels of significance were corrected with a sequential Bonferroni test. **** P < 0·0001; *** P < 0·001; ** P < 0·01; ns, not significant.