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. 2018 Jun 25;9:852. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00852

Table 1.

The model heterogeneity (QM) for changes in plant traits under drought treatment alone, and under drought and herbivory treatments combined.

Treatment per plant part Plant trait measured QM df P
Drought
Leaf Primary metabolites 2400 240 <0.001
Secondary metabolites 966 222 <0.001
N-Based compounds 55.2 20 <0.001
C-Based compounds 911 201 <0.001
Physical traits 10.6 7 0.2
Hormone 107 14 <0.001
Biomass 329 33 <0.001
Nutrients 263 35 <0.001
Root Primary metabolites 158 17 <0.001
Secondary metabolites 143 13 <0.001
Physical traits 22.1 9 <0.01
Hormone 7.18 3 0.07
Biomass 154 20 <0.001
Nutrients 86.6 9 <0.001
Drought x Herbivory
Leaf Primary metabolites 1.84 2 0.4
Secondary metabolites 242 93 <0.001
Hormone 30.6 14 <0.01

A significant QM (P < 0.05) indicates that the treatment explains a significant proportion of the variance among observations.