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 | ||||
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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).