Table 3.

Summary of repeated measures ANOVAs (measurement time as a covariate) for testing the effects of treatment factors under specific soil substrate and under a given temperature on C mineralization rate (R _s) and cumulative C mineralization (R _cum) during a 61‐day incubation

Soil substrate origin	Factors	Daily R s			R cum			Incubation temperature (°C)	Factors	Daily R s			R cum
		df	F	p	df	F	p			df	F	p	df	F	p
CT	Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	17.2	<.001	2	15.4	<.001	5	Soil substrate (Soil)	2	148.6	<.001	2	132.8	<.001
	Temperature (Temp)	2	417.0	<.001	2	36.6	<.001		Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	59.4	<.001	2	36.9	<.001
	Micr × Temp	4	11.4	<.001	4	7.75	<.001		Soil × Micr	4	20.1	<.001	4	17.6	<.001
	Error	33			33				Error	31			40
WT	Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	38.3	<.001	2	26.6	<.001	15	Soil substrate (Soil)	2	151.0	<.001	2	66.6	<.001
	Temperature (Temp)	2	324.4	<.001	2	34.6	<.001		Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	21.1	<.001	2	19.3	<.001
	Micr × Temp	4	52.2	<.001	4	21.2	<.001		Soil × Micr	4	33.4	<.001	4	25.1	<.001
	Error	33			33				Error	31			40
ST	Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	44.3	<.001	2	26.0	<.001	25	Soil substrate (Soil)	2	225.2	<.001	2	74.9	<.001
	Temperature (Temp)	2	689.2	<.001	2	113.6	<.001		Microbial inoculum (Micr)	2	17.4	<.001	2	7.02	.003
	Micr × Temp	4	24.3	<.001	4	13.3	<.001		Soil × Micr	4	32.5	<.001	4	19.2	<.001
	Error	27			27				Error	31			40

CT, cool temperate forest; WT, warm temperate forest; ST, subtropical forest.