Table 1.

Effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on inducible defense responses in treated bilberry ramets over three consecutive years

	2013		2014		2015
	Intercept	Slope	Intercept	Slope	Intercept	Slope
Insect grazed leaves	0.56	−0.79**	−2.67**	0.35	−0.92(*)	−0.16
Browsed shoots	−0.10	−0.14	−0.13	−0.10	−1.97**	0.60*
Dry mass	−0.09	−0.15(*)	−0.30	−0.030	−0.18	−0.15
Flowers	−0.37	NA	−0.39	NA	1.71(*)	NA
Berries	−0.28	NA	−0.29	NA	1.87*	NA

This table shows the effect values of MeJA on intercepts (mean) and time slopes for the MeJA‐treated ramets in relation to the control at distance 0 over three consecutive years. Effects on the intercept reflect general differences on average in each year. Effects on the slope reflect differences in the temporal development during the respective season. Positive numbers mean that MeJA‐treated ramets had higher values for the respective variable or had a higher time slope than the controls. Negative numbers mean that MeJA‐treated ramets had lower values for the respective variable or had lower time slope than the controls. For reproduction variables (flowers and berries), seasonal slopes are not applicable (NA) as they are measured once per season, and only annual means per treatment (intercept effect) are reported.

Significance is indicated by: ***<0.001, **<0.01, *<0.05, (*) <0.1.