Ecological Archives E085-098-A2

Daniel S. Gruner. 2004. Attenuation of top-down and bottom-up forces in a complex terrestrial community. Ecology 85:3010–3022.

Appendix B. A table showing general linear model results for arthropod trophic density and biomass.

Table B1. General linear model results for arthropod trophic density and biomass (natural log transformed) from the final sampling in April and May 2001 (see Fig. 2).

Source

df

Density

  Biomass

   

F

P

F

P

Total Arthropods

         

     Fertilization (F)

1,7

12.869

0.009

0.420

0.538

     Cage (C)

1,7

4.219

0.079

3.431

0.106

     F × C

1,7

4.552

0.070

1.142

0.321

     Block (B)

7,7

7.507

0.008

1.864

0.215

     F × B

7,7

2.547

0.120

1.913

0.206

     C × B

7,7

2.713

0.106

2.374

0.138

Detritivores

         

     Fertilization (F)

1,7

13.892

0.007

0.092

0.770

     Cage (C)

1,7

0.710

0.427

0.433

0.532

     F × C

1,7

0.875

0.381

1.370

0.280

     Block (B)

7,7

6.329

0.013

0.839

0.589

     F × B

7,7

1.241

0.392

0.607

0.737

     C × B

7,7

1.164

0.423

0.946

0.528

Herbivores

         

     Fertilization (F)

1,7

29.399

0.001

12.356

0.010

     Cage (C)

1,7

2.333

0.171

2.804

0.138

     F × C

1,7

2.499

0.158

1.815

0.220

     Block (B)

7,7

1.183

0.415

0.666

0.698

     F × B

7,7

0.979

0.511

0.454

0.935

     C × B

7,7

0.516

0.799

0.684

0.686

Carnivores

         

     Fertilization (F)

1,7

1.674

0.237

0.071

0.734

     Cage (C)

1,7

11.321

0.012

8.781

0.021

     F × C

1,7

2.700

0.144

1.246

0.301

     Block (B)

7,7

2.339

0.142

1.325

0.360

     F × B

7,7

1.174

0.419

2.605

0.115

     C × B

7,7

1.937

0.202

3.654

0.054

Spiders

         

     Fertilization (F)

1,7

19.713

0.003

8.229

0.024

     Cage (C)

1,7

1.368

0.280

2.618

0.150

     F × C

1,7

9.879

0.016

6.496

0.038

     Block (B)

7,7

1.698

0.251

1.982

0.193

     F × B

7,7

1.680

0.255

1.740

0.241

     C × B

7,7

1.002

0.499

1.115

0.445

   Notes: Results are listed for all arthropods, detritivores, herbivores, predators, and spiders excluding Achaearanea cf. riparia. Boldface P values are significant at  = 0.05.

Numerator, denominator degrees of freedom.



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