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. 2021 Oct 22;16(10):e0259054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259054

Table 1. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the influence of CO2, nutrient supply and their interactions on sessile oak saplings aboveground and belowground biometrical characteristics.

CO2 Nutrition CO2 × Nutrition
F p F P F p
Height (cm) 4.15 0.043 0.438 0.509 0.001 0.975
D0.05m (mm) 10.99 <0.001 0.28 0.596 1.54 0.215
CSA0.05m (mm) 13.92 <0.001 0.16 0.686 1.22 0.270
Leaf biomass (g) 6.22 0.014 0.16 0.691 0.03 0.862
Branch biomass (g) 4.67 0.033 0.03 0.857 0.02 0.893
Stem biomass (g) 7.77 0.006 0.77 0.381 0.18 0.673
Total aboveground biomass (g) 7.36 0.007 0.45 0.501 0.06 0.809
Fine root (≤2 mm) biomass (g) 25.03 <0.001 0.13 0.716 0.02 0.884
Coarse root (>2mm) biomass (g) 12.91 <0.001 1.67 0.198 0.77 0.382
Total belowground biomass (g) 14.65 <0.001 1.49 0.223 3.19 0.435
Total plant biomass (g) 11.58 <0.001 0.07 0.985 0.53 0.467
WD (g/cm3) 8.70 0.003 2.70 0.102 0.00 0.961
LA (m2/plant) 6.65 0.011 0.02 0.889 0.85 0.356
SLA (cm2 g-1) 14.37 <0.001 5.43 0.021 0.75 0.390

D0.05m—diameter at 5 cm above ground; CSA0.05m—cross-sectional area at 5 cm above ground; WD—wood density; LA—leaf area; SLA—Specific leaf area;

—increase with eCO2;

—decrease with eCO2.

Statistically significant effects and interactions are indicated in bold (p ≤ 0.05).