Ecological Archives E086-046-A3

Marc T. J. Johnson and Anurag A. Agrawal. 2005. Plant genotype and environment interact to shape a diverse arthropod community on evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Ecology 86:874–885.

Appendix C (Table C1). Genetic and environmental effects on 14 plant traits.



 

Variable

Effect

df

F/

P


Rosette traits

         
 

Anthocyanin

       
   

Genotype(G)

1

39.3

<0.001

 

Leaves (May)

       
   

G

1

70.9

<0.001

 

Rosette width (April)

       
   

G

1

301.1

<0.001

 

Rosette width (May)

       
   

G

1

28.0

<0.001

Traits associated with herbivore resistance

     
 

Herbivory

       
   

Habitat (H)

4,15

50.3

<0.001

   

Microhab(M)[H]

1

18.3

<0.001

   

G

1

4.9

0.013

   

G × H

1

0

-

   

G × M[H]

1

1.7

0.096

 

Leaf toughness

       
   

H

4,15

8.5

0.001

   

M[H]

1

127.3

<0.001

   

G

1

8.0

0.002

   

G × H

1

1.1

0.15

   

G × M[H]

1

0

-

 

Spodoptera growth

       
   

G

1

5.7

0.008

 

Spodoptera mortality

       
   

G

13

19.5

0.11

Reproductive phenology and traits measured from reproductive plants

 

Bolting

       
   

G

13

60.4

<0.001

 

Biomass

       
   

B

1

14.9

0.001

   

G

1

29.9

<0.001

   

G × M[H]

1

0.5

0.24

 

Branches

       
   

M

1

21.7

<0.001

   

G

1

32.0

<0.001

   

G × M[H]

1

0

-

 

Flowering date

       
   

B

1

0

-

   

G

1

90.1

<0.001

   

G × M[H]

1

2.1

0.073

 

Stem diameter

       
   

M

1

0

-

   

G

1

18.7

<0.001

   

G × M[H]

1

2.2

0.069

 

Stem height

       
   

M

1

0

-

   

G

1

46.2

<0.001

   

G × M[H]

1

0

-


   Notes: The effects included in the model and the degrees of freedom vary among plant traits depending on how data was collected (i.e., before or after transplanting, and whether data was from all plants or a subset of plants). We used F tests and Chi-squared tests to determine the statistical significance of fixed and random effects, respectively. We used a Chi-squared test of independence to determine the effect of plant genotype on bolting frequency and mortality of Spodoptera exigua. Dashes indicate undefined P values where the variance component was equal to 0.



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