Table 2. Results (P-values) of three-way ANOVAs on the effects of temperature, precipitation, year and their interactions on the percent cover of dominant species.
Sources of Variation | df | N. pectinata | A. capillaris | S. klemenzii | C. squarrosa | A. galactites | H. altaicus |
T | 1 | 0.668 | 0.124 | 0.135 | 0.013 | 0.476 | 0.200 |
P | 2 | 0.259 | 0.019 | 0.007 | 0.075 | 0.441 | 0.495 |
Y | 1 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.062 | 0.179 | <0.001 | 0.802 |
T×P | 2 | 0.357 | 0.001 | 0.265 | 0.459 | 0.570 | 0.083 |
T×Y | 1 | 0.677 | 0.020 | 0.814 | 0.735 | 0.783 | 0.742 |
P×Y | 2 | 0.292 | 0.121 | 0.811 | 0.731 | 0.738 | 0.524 |
T×P×Y | 2 | 0.984 | 0.073 | 0.977 | 0.937 | 0.485 | 0.898 |
Abbreviations: T, temperature; P, precipitation; Y, year; N. pectinata, Neopallasia pectinata; A. capillaris, Artemisia capillaris; S. klemenzii, Stipa klemenzii; C. squarrosa, Cleistogenes squarrosa; H. altaicus, Heteropappus altaicus; A. galactites, Astragalus galactites. Significant level: at <0.05 in bold.