Table 1. Best-fitting linear models for aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, and the ratio of belowground to aboveground (root:shoot) biomass of the host and hemiparasite.
Plant | Biomass | Predictor | Estimatea | SE | t | df | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Host (Bouteloua gracilis) |
Above | GC | -1.03 | 0.213 | -4.84 | 180 | <0.00001 |
Below | GC | -0.736 | 0.197 | -3.74 | 179 | 0.000252 | |
T | 0.641 | 0.186 | 3.45 | 0.000691 | |||
Root:Shoot | GC | 0.314 | 0.0993 | 3.16 | 179 | 0.00183 | |
T | 0.426 | 0.0936 | 4.55 | <0.00001 | |||
Hemiparasite (Castilleja sulphurea) |
Above | GC | 0.952 | 0.320 | 2.98 | 155 | 0.00334 |
T | 0.521 | 0.271 | 1.93 | 0.0560 | |||
Below | GC | 1.12 | 0.310 | 3.61 | 156 | 0.000417 | |
Root:Shoot | GC | 0.557 | 0.211 | 2.64 | 154 | 0.00920 | |
T | -0.511 | 0.146 | -3.51 | 0.000588 | |||
GC×T | 0.799 | 0.301 | 2.66 | 0.00876 |
GC, growing condition; T, temperature.
aCoefficients for above- and belowground biomass are on a log scale; coefficients for root:shoot biomass are on a logit scale.