Table 1.
Two-way ANOVA analysis of effects of Cd stress on leaf functional traits of invasive and native plants.
| Effect | Leaf area | Leaf length | Stomatal area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Df | F ratio | P | F ratio | P | F ratio | P | |
| Species | 3 | 17.17 | 0.001*** | 38.60 | 0.001*** | 3.43 | 0.001*** | 
| Cd | 1 | 0.20 | 0.658ns | 10.84 | 0.001*** | 8.33 | 0.001*** | 
| Species*Cd | 3 | 0.72 | 0.715ns | 4.15 | 0.003* | 1.43 | 0.001*** | 
| Effect | Stomatal length | Stomatal width | Stomatal density | ||||
| Df | F ratio | P | F ratio | P | F ratio | P | |
| Species | 3 | 2.63 | 0.001*** | 1.33 | 0.001*** | 4.23 | 0.001*** | 
| Cd | 1 | 6.73 | 0.001*** | 2.82 | 0.001*** | 0.56 | 0.456ns | 
| Species*Cd | 3 | 4.81 | 0.001*** | 7.33 | 0.001*** | 0.40 | 0.94ns | 
Cd, cadmium Significant effects are indicated in boldface as follows: ***p ≤ 0.001, *p ≤ 0.05. ns: no significance.