Table 2. Results of the two-way ANOVA for the effects of elevation and species treatments and their interactions on the leaf litter decomposition rate (k).

Sources of deviation	1st winter			1st growing season			2nd winter			2nd growing season			Total 2 years
	df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F	P
Elevation	3	2.881	0.012	3	0.819	0.49	3	5.204	0.003	3	5.943	0.029	3	2.007	0.125
Species	2	4.812	0.045	2	21.416	<0.001	2	0.965	0.388	2	3.808	0.002	2	20.895	<0.001
Interaction	6	1.045	0.408	6	3.088	0.012	6	2.11	0.069	6	4.25	0.002	6	1.43	0.223

Bold P-values indicate significant effects (P<0.05).