Table 3.
Pairwise comparisons of temperate and tundra (Te) and arid and equatorial (Eq) bioclimatic zones and pairwise comparisons of the functional groups; grass, herb, legume (leg) and tree, for each of the seven nutritive metrics. Positive values indicate that the first stated parameter in the pair is greater than the second, with associated P value
| ADF | ADL | Ash | CP | NDF | DMD | OMD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | P | V | P | V | P | V | P | V | P | V | P | V | P | |
| Te-Eq | − 11 | < 0.001 | − 3 | < 0.001 | 2 | < 0.001 | 3 | < 0.001 | − 19 | < 0.001 | 12 | < 0.001 | 49 | < 0.001 |
| Grass-herb | 4 | > 0.05 | − 1 | > 0.05 | − 2 | > 0.05 | 0 | > 0.05 | 22 | < 0.001 | − 8 | > 0.05 | – | – |
| Leg-herb | 0 | > 0.05 | 1 | > 0.05 | 0 | > 0.05 | 6 | < 0.05 | 6 | > 0.05 | 7 | > 0.05 | – | – |
| Tree-herb | 3 | > 0.05 | 5 | < 0.01 | − 2 | > 0.05 | 1 | > 0.05 | 13 | < 0.01 | 8 | > 0.05 | – | –- |
| Leg-grass | − 4 | < 0.001 | 2 | > 0.05 | 3 | < 0.001 | 6 | < 0.001 | − 16 | < 0.001 | 15 | > 0.05 | − 8 | > 0.05 |
| Tree-grass | 0 | > 0.05 | 6 | < 0.001 | 0 | > 0.05 | 1 | > 0.05 | − 9 | < 0.001 | 16 | > 0.05 | − 13 | > 0.05 |
| Tree-leg | 4 | < 0.05 | 5 | < 0.001 | − 2 | < 0.001 | − 5 | < 0.001 | 7 | < 0.01 | 1 | > 0.05 | − 6 | > 0.05 |