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