Table 5.
Average concentrations, mg g−1 tissue, (±SE) of total extractable and non-extractable tannins for both green and senesced leaf tissue.
| Treatments | Green | Senesced | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Temperature | Extractable | Non-extractable | Extractable | Non-extractable |
| Dry | No warm | 71.6 ± 2.1A | 43.3 ± 7.6A | 57.8 ± 4.7A | 24.4 ± 1.0A |
| Dry | Warm | 81.2 ± 5.1a | 40.0 ± 3.6a | 68.9 ± 5.8a | 41.5 ± 1.6a |
| Ambient | No warm | 57.2 ± 4.5A | 16.4 ± 1.6*B | 39.5 ± 3.2AB | 15.0 ± 1.5B |
| Ambient | Warm | 78.1 ± 4.0a | 50.6 ± 3.0a | 51.8 ± 3.2ab | 31.9 ± 1.1a |
| Wet | No warm | 29.2 ± 3.3A | 61.8 ± 6.6A | 23.0 ± 2.4B | 27.7 ± 0.4AB |
| Wet | Warm | 37.8 ± 1.6a | 43.6 ± 1.4a | 37.1 ± 3.0b | 25.0 ± 0.1a |
Upper- and lower-case letters indicate significant (P < 0.05, Tukey's HSD) differences between precipitation treatments within the No Warm and Warm temperatures, respectively.
Asterisk (*) indicates difference between No Warm and Warm within a specific precipitation treatment.