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. 2015 Jul 20;5:12174. doi: 10.1038/srep12174

Table 2. Total biomass was a function of soil N, P, competition (inter- vs. intra-specific) and species.

  df Fa P
H. ammodendron
 N 5 71.51 <0.0001
 P 5 100.63 <0.0001
 Competition 1 1681.55 <0.0001
 N × P 23 58.71 <0.0001
 N × Competition 5 43.23 <0.0001
 P × Competition 5 102.95 <0.0001
 N × P × Competition 23 47.82 <0.0001
H. persicum
 N 5 85.07 <0.0001
 P 5 37.48 <0.0001
 Competition 1 1291.72 <0.0001
 N × P 23 198.34 <0.0001
 N × Competition 5 41.18 <0.0001
 P × Competition 5 83.43 <0.0001
 N × P × Competition 23 46.03 <0.0001
Monoculture pots
 N 5 194.18 <0.0001
 P 5 35.02 <0.0001
 Species 1 4949.76 <0.0001
 N × P 23 151.31 <0.0001
 N × Species 5 34.55 <0.0001
 P × Species 5 37.69 <0.0001
 N × P × Species 23 54.02 <0.0001
Mixture pots
 N 5 37.52 <0.0001
 P 5 164.61 <0.0001
 Species 1 5084.61 <0.0001
 N × P 23 49.78 <0.0001
 N × Species 5 41.89 <0.0001
 P × Species 5 69.90 <0.0001
 N × P × Species 23 43.86 <0.0001

The effect of competition was tested per species, while the effect of species was tested separately for monocultures and mixtures.

aF is from GLMs using Type III sums of squares.