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. 2012 Nov 27;111(2):283–292. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs253

Table 2.

Model results of effects of treatments and seed mass on germination and germination timing

Germination
Germination timing
d.f. χ2 P Sign d.f. χ2 P Sign
Habitat 1 83·6 <0·001 * 1 596·9 <0·001 *
Light 1 74·0 <0·001 * 1 6·40 0·011 *
Warmth 1 29·6 <0·001 * 1 307·3 <0·001 *
Fluctuation 1 68·8 <0·001 * 1 86·0 <0·001 *
Seed mass 1 38·5 <0·001 * 1 6·51 0·011 *
Habitat × light 1 6·0 0·01 * 1 2·24 0·13
Habitat × warmth 1 5·9 0·02 * 1 0·98 0·32
Habitat × fluctuation 1 8·11 0·004 *
Habitat × seed mass 1 62·4 <0·001 * 1 28·6 <0·001 *
Light × warmth 1 0·15 0·70 1 18·1 <0·001 *
Light × fluctuation 1 21·1 <0·001 * 1 15·5 <0·001 *
Light × seed mass 1 72·8 <0·001 * 1 24·6 <0·001 *
Warmth × fluctuation 1 8·11 0·004 * 1 4·63 0·031
Warmth × seed mass 1 30·5 <0·001 * 1 0·90 0·34
Fluctuation × seed mass 1 13·5 <0·001 * 1 0·03 0·87
Habitat × light × warmth 1 6·46 0·011 * 1 10·1 0·001 *
Habitat × light × fluctuation 1 0·04 0·84
Habitat × light × seed mass 1 30·3 <0·001 *
Habitat × warmth × fluctuation 1 1·50 0·22
Habitat × warmth × seed mass 1 0·19 0·66
Habitat × fluctuation × seed mass 1 4·86 0·03

All interactions without explanatory value (improvement AIC <2) have been sequentially excluded from the models (–). P-value approximations were based on Wald χ2 tests (α ≤ 0·025).