Table 1. Split-plot ANOVAs for effects of burial depth, stolon internode length and the interaction on emergence rate, emergence time and survival rate of Mikania micrantha.
| Effect | Burial (B) |
Length (L) |
B×L |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | F | DF | F | DF | F | |||
| Emergence rate | 1,14 | 158.3*** | 3,42 | 34.5*** | 3,42 | 1.2ns | ||
| Emergence timea | 1,14 | 119.4*** | 3,34 | 5.3** | 3,34 | 0.5ns | ||
| Survival rate | 1,14 | 154.7*** | 3,42 | 28.4*** | 3,42 | 1.6ns | ||
Degree of freedom (DF), F values and the significance levels (*** P<0.001, ** P<0.01 and ns P>0.05) are given.
a Data were ln-transformed prior to analysis.