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Marcelo A. Aizen. 2003. Influences of animal pollination and seed dispersal on winter flowering in a temperate mistletoe. Ecology 84:2613–2627.

Appendix C. ANOVAs testing the effects of (A) month of fruit maturation on the proportion of fruits removed and (B) bagging treatment (i.e., exposed vs. bagged fruits) and month of fruit maturation on fruit retention time. See Fig. 7 in text for data summary.

 

Llao-Llao

Península

Source

df

SS

F

P

df

SS

F

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A) Proportion of fruits removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997/ 98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Month

7

7.344

21.49

<0.0001

7

3.517

7.62

<0.0001

   Plant

19

1.536

1.66

0.065

14

2.361

2.56

0.0062

   Error

72

3.514

 

 

59

3.891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998/ 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Month

6

3.999

8.93

<0.0001

6

3.019

9.42

<0.0001

   Plant

22

3.097

1.89

0.019

17

5.026

5.53

<0.0001

   Error

90

6.718

 

 

74

3.953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B) Fruit retention time (wk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997/ 98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Treatment

1

227.46

40.73

<0.0001

1

217.61

48.74

<0.0001

   Month

7

130.08

3.33

0.0029

7

153.27

4.90

<0.0001

   Month × treatment

7

250.97

6.42

<0.0001

7

57.83

1.85

0.085

   Plant

19

103.31

0.97

0.49

14

88.64

1.42

0.16

   Error

118

658.98

 

 

102

455.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998/ 99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Treatment

1

256.23

32.55

<0.0001

1

879.26

84.88

<0.0001

   Month

6

354.31

7.50

<0.0001

6

144.48

2.32

0.036

   Month × treatment

6

123.77

2.62

0.019

6

85.15

1.37

0.23

   Plant

22

708.00

4.09

<0.0001

17

357.07

2.03

0.013

   Error

159

1251.60

 

 

136

1408.77

 

 

   Notes: Because data sets were not completely balanced, F values were estimated from Type III sums of squares (SAS 1988). Individual plant was included as a blocking factor.

Literature cited

SAS. 1988. SAS/STAT user's Guide. Release 6.03 edition. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA



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