Table 2.
Results of the two- and three-factor ANOVA (F and P values) for seven study variables
| Variable | Species | Date | Habitat | Species × date | Species × habitat | Date × habitat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil water content | F | 43·43 | 73·43 | 2·65 | 5·91 | 7·29 | 29·26 |
| P | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | 0·1102 | 0·0052 | 0·0078 | <0·0001 | |
| Leaf water potential | F | 17·58 | 39·76 | 0·34 | 1·90 | 5·05 | 16·15 |
| P | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | 0·5651 | 0·1759 | 0·0118 | 0·0002 | |
| Pre-dawn Fv/Fm | F | 7·97 | 37·76 | 32·51 | 13·04 | 29·26 | 4·17 |
| P | 0·0122 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | 0·0432 | |
| Midday Fv/Fm | F | 0·28 | 33·20 | 29·50 | 14·70 | 26·80 | 4·50 |
| P | 0·6044 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | 0·0412 | |
| Net photosynthetic rate | F | 5·66 | 19·20 | 6·95 | 14·23 | 0·63 | 10·56 |
| P | 0·0059 | <0·0001 | 0·0133 | 0·0003 | 0·4162 | 0·0031 | |
| Stomatal conductance | F | 4·12 | 12·99 | 0·14 | 13·38 | 14·68 | 6·44 |
| P | 0·0432 | <0·0001 | 0·6154 | 0·0021 | 0·0006 | 0·0098 | |
| δ13C | F | 4·66 | 2·65 | 5·91 | |||
| P | 0·0303 | 0·1102 | 0·0052 |
Only main effects (species, date and habitat, with 1, 5 and 1 d.f., respectively) and first order interactions are shown for clarity.
Significant effects are highlighted in bold (P<0·05).