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. 2019 Jun 10;7:e7047. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7047

Table 1. Effects of treatment, species, and their interaction on the C, N and P concentrations and stoichiometric ratios of leaves, stems and roots of two plant species.

Treatment Species Treatment * Species
F Sig F Sig F Sig
Leaf C 0.74 0.40 0.48 0.25 1.18 0.29
Stem C 1.95 0.18 0.70 0.41 2.27 0.15
Root C 0.20 0.66 10.69* 0.00 0.04 0.84
Leaf N 30.94* 0.00 0.00 0.98 22.68* 0.00
Stem N 18.77* 0.00 1.59 0.23 0.14 0.71
Root N 7.90* 0.01 3.53 0.08 1.10 0.31
Leaf P 2.75 0.12 84.38* 0.00 2.97 0.10
Stem P 130.54* 0.00 0.08 0.79 8.15* 0.01
Root P 14.92* 0.00 9.31* 0.01 13.24* 0.00
Leaf C:N 18.81* 0.00 0.26 0.62 31.40* 0.00
Stem C:N 11.73* 0.00 0.01 0.92 3.73 × 10−4 0.98
Root C:N 1.53 0.23 9.55* 0.01 0.52 0.48
Leaf C:P 1.90 0.19 35.39* 0.00 5.16* 0.04
Stem C:P 96.15* 0.00 0.05 0.83 6.54* 0.02
Root C:P 3.80 0.07 11.65* 0.00 6.72* 0.02
Leaf N:P 7.31* 0.02 82.24* 0.00 5.16* 0.04
Stem N:P 18.62* 0.00 0.01 0.91 7.16* 0.02
Root N:P 0.52 0.48 0.46 0.51 4.98* 0.04

Notes.

Treatments are control plot and grazing plot. F-values and significance levels of two-way ANOVA are shown.

*

P < 0.05.