Table 2. Adaptive multi-paddock and continuous grazing standing crop biomass, soil organic carbon and soil respiration.

AMP and CG pairwise and pooled comparison of standing crop biomass (g dry biomass m⁻²); soil organic carbon (%); and soil respiration (g C m⁻² day⁻¹). Statistically significant comparisons are highlighted in bold type.

Pairwise comparison		Standing crop biomass (g dry biomass 0.1 m2)		Soil organic carbon (%)		Respiration (g C m−2 day−1)
	AMP-1	241.7 ± 18.6	NS	2.59 ± 0.11	NS	2.477 ± 0.151	NS
	CG-1	212.1 ± 15.1		2.97 ± 0.17		2.798 ± 0.302
	AMP-2	216.9 ± 24.0	p = .0011	2.44 ± 0.12	NS	N/A
	CG-2	362.3 ± 31.2		2.35 ± 0.10
	AMP-3	380.6 ± 24.2	p = 0.0011	2.28 ± 0.10	p = 2.62×10−6	1.408 ± 0.210	p = 0.017
	CG-3	95.5 ± 6.0		1.49 ± 0.08		2.135 ± 0.141
	AMP-4	293.2 ± 29.0	p = 2.1× 10−6	2.39 ± 0.17	p = 0.0193	2.623 ± 0.223	NS
	CG-4	122.0 ± 5.9		1.87 ± 0.08		1.855 ± 0.281
	AMP-5	350.0 ± 20.8	p =  2.007 × 10 −6	4.49 ± 0.17	p =  3.47 × 10 −6	2.453 ± 0.197	p =  0.0023
	CG-5	215.5 ± 14.1		3.08 ± 0.15		3.889 ± 0.323
Pooled comparison		Standing crop biomass (g dry biomass m2)		Soil organic carbon (%)		Respiration (g C m−2 day−1)
	AMP	294.14 ± 11.4326	p =  6.26 × 10 −10	2.83817 ± 0.12328	p =  0.008	2.2372 ± 0.1312	p =  0.0221
	CG	201.45 ± 10.774		2.35418 ± 0.09524		2.7799 ± 0.1891

Notes.

Abbreviations

NS

No Statistical Significance

N/A

data not available