Table 3. Summary of ANOVAs for the effects of Hydrocotyle vulgaris invasion and nutrient level on biomass of each functional group.
Traits | Invasion (I) | Nutrient (N) | I × N | |||
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F1,20 | P | F1,20 | P | F1,20 | P | |
(A) Grasses | ||||||
Total mass | 0.54 | 0.470 | 22.82 | <0.001 | 3.01 | 0.100 |
Aboveground mass | 0.40 | 0.533 | 25.61 | <0.001 | 2.69 | 0.117 |
Underground mass | 1.10 | 0.307 | 9.63 | 0.006 | 3.51 | 0.077 |
(B) Legumes | ||||||
Total mass | 1.13 | 0.302 | 0.27 | 0.609 | 0.75 | 0.397 |
Aboveground mass | 0.87 | 0.364 | 0.30 | 0.590 | 0.78 | 0.388 |
Underground mass | 0.69 | 0.416 | 0.00 | 0.991 | 0.12 | 0.732 |
(C) Forbs | ||||||
Total mass | 0.54 | 0.473 | 0.05 | 0.832 | 0.03 | 0.856 |
Aboveground mass | 0.52 | 0.479 | 0.11 | 0.741 | 0.10 | 0.753 |
Underground mass | 0.86 | 0.366 | 0.00 | 0.953 | 0.21 | 0.655 |
Values are in bold if P < 0.01 and in italics if P < 0.05. See Fig. 3 for data.