Table 3.
ANOVA table (F values) of the effects of earthworm treatments (EW), mycorrhiza inoculation (AMF), and earthworm cast amendment (CAST) in subsurface microsites on earthworm biomass at harvest and earthworm activity
| Dependent variable | Source of variation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EW | AMF | CAST | EW × AMF | EW × CAST | AMF × CAST | EW × AMF × CAST | |
| Earthworm mass, harvest | 4.235* | 0.452 | 0.259 | 0.402 | 0.207 | 0.674 | 1.436 |
| Number of surface casts | 1.272 | 0.106 | 8.664** | 0.050 | 3.578* | 0.524 | 0.270 |
| Mass of surface casts | 1.512 | 0.000 | 6.552* | 1.594 | 0.170 | 1.900 | 0.728 |
Only treatments containing earthworms were considered in the analysis
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01