Table 1.

Effects of nutrient availability and clone on Leymus secalinus

	Nutrient effect		Clone effect
Trait	F2,18	P	F9,18	P
(A) Biomass
Plant dry mass	47·129	<0·001	2·640	0·038
Root dry mass	31·532	<0·001	2·730	0·033
Shoot dry mass	54·713	<0·001	2·420	0·053
Bud dry mass	23·583	<0·001	2·317	0·062
Rhizome dry mass	25·729	<0·001	0·792	0·628
(B) Ramet number and size
Number of clumping ramets	34·875	<0·001	1·919	0·114
Number of spreading ramets	20·555	<0·001	0·422	0·906
Percentage of clumping ramets	17·513	<0·001	1·603	0·188
Percentage of spreading ramets	17·513	<0·001	1·603	0·188
Dry mass per ramet	0·371	0·695	2·768	0·032
Number of leaves per ramet	0·862	0·439	0·970	0·495
(C) Bud number and size
Number of buds	35·717	<0·001	1·221	0·342
Dry mass per bud	8·382	0·003	0·997	0·476
(D) Spacer morphology
Mean spacer length	6·553	0·007	1·305	0·300
Specific spacer dry mass	0·003	0·997	1·784	0·142