Results of two-way ANOVA (F values and probabilities) on the effects of successional stage, taxonomic groups and their interaction for the 12 species (Table 1)

Variable	Successional stage	Taxonomic group	Suc. Stage × Phylo. group
SLAgreen	173***	63·2***	20·1***
LDMCgreen	77·7***	179***	40·5***
LTSgreen	ns	131***	ns
LRFgreen	10·7***	180***	18·7***
LNCgreen	ns	6·80**	ns
LPCgreen	17·7***	8·55***	6·47***
LCCgreen	3·79*	ns	ns
LNClitter	9·66**	8·81***	2·94*
LPClitter	8·35**	3·92*	2·24*
LCClitter	ns	15·9***	16·72***
LIGlitter	ns	ns	ns
HEMlitter	ns	7·15*	ns
CELlitter	ns	10·1**	ns
Kpot	6·58*	19·2***	3·55*