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. 2007 Jan 26;99(4):653–660. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcl291

Table 2.

Hierarchical variance partition of the main nectar sugars of Aquilegia

Aquilegia p. cazorlensis Aquilegia vulgaris
Field Glasshouse Field Glasshouse
Significance Significance Significance Significance
F P Variance F P Variance F P Variance F P Variance
Glucose (%)
 Plant 1·7 0·20 19·0 2·9 0·11 64·7 0·3 0·92 0
 Flower within plant 9·6 <0·0001 78·0 2·0 0·08 27·0 26 <0·0001 97·5 3·0 0·01 43·2
 Nectary within flower 2·7 0·07 2·9 0·3 0·73 8·3 3·7 0·03 2·5 11·2 <0·0001 56·8
Fructose (%)
 Plant 1·1 0·41 3·9 3·1 0·10 52·3 0·4 0·92 0
 Flower within plant 15·6 <0·0001 81·1 2·0 0·09 22·9 13·2 <0·0001 84·7 4·8 0·0005 58·5
 Nectary within flower 15·1 <0·0001 15·0 0·5 0·60 24·8 5·2 0·01 15·3 10·5 <0·0001 41·5
Sucrose (%)
 Plant 1·2 0·36 6·4 3·2 0·09 55·5 0·3 0·94 0
 Flower within plant 16·3 <0·0001 81·6 2·1 0·07 23·1 14·9 <0·0001 86·1 3·0 0·03 50·7
 Nectary within flower 11·8 <0·0001 12·1 0·5 0·60 21·4 5·4 0·01 13·9 12·5 <0·0001 49·3

The percentages of variance into the hierarchical context of analysis, together with their statistical significances, both field and glasshouse conditions, are shown for the two species.