Ecological Archives E087-167-A2

Selene Báez, Scott L. Collins, David Lightfoot, and Terri L. Koontz. 2006. Bottom-up regulation of plant community structure in an aridland ecosystem. Ecology 87:2746–2754.

Appendix B. Repeated-measures ANOVA of cover and species richness of grass- and shrub-dominated vegetation testing for effects of time (T), vegetation type (V), treatment (Tr), and their interactions.

 

Cover

Species richness

 

SS

df

F

P

SS

df

F

P

Summer annuals

Pillai's Trace

2.414

27,18

2.749

0.015

1.581

27, 18

0.742

0.764

T

0.217

1.95, 23.402

85.830

<0.001

0.417

3.75, 45.005

99.245

<0.001

T × V

0.217

1.95, 23.402

38.193

<0.001

0.417

3.75, 45.005

72.285

<0.001

T × Tr

0.217

1.95, 23.402

0.385

0.679

0.417

3.75, 45.005

0.682

0.599

T × V × Tr

0.217

1.95, 23.402

0.820

0.450

0.417

3.75, 45.005

0.524

0.707

Winter annuals

Pillai's Trace

1.995

27, 18

1.324

0.271

2.052

27, 18

1.442

0.212

T

0.422

3.802,45.622

21.704

<0.001

0.431

3.88, 46.565

62.534

<0.001

T × V

0.422

3.802,45.622

6.850

<0.001

0.431

3.88, 46.565

4.876

0.003

T × Tr

0.422

3.802,45.622

4.139

0.007

0.431

3.88, 46.565

0.327

0.853

T × V × Tr

0.422

3.802,45.622

0.664

0.613

0.431

3.88, 46.565

0.868

0.488

Forbs

Pillai's Trace

2.587

27, 18

4.173

0.001

1.994

27, 18

1.321

0.273

T

0.281

2.533, 30.39

72.078

<0.001

0.443

3.98, 47.819

77.390

<0.001

T × V

0.281

2.533, 30.39

31.883

<0.001

0.443

3.98, 47.819

28.521

<0.001

T × Tr

0.281

2.533, 30.39

1.306

0.289

0.443

3.98, 47.819

0.344

0.846

T × V × Tr

0.281

2.533, 30.39

1.796

0.176

0.443

3.98, 47.819

0.903

0.470

Grasses

Pillai's Trace

1.791

27, 18

0.988

0.523

2.047

27, 18

1.433

0.216

T

0.267

2.403, 28.835

6.109

0.004

0.301

2.71, 32.548

1.908

0.153

T × V

0.267

2.403, 28.835

4.149

0.020

0.301

2.71, 32.548

3.904

0.020

T × Tr

0.267

2.403, 28.835

0.238

0.828

0.301

2.71, 32.548

0.976

0.409

T × V × Tr

0.267

2.403, 28.835

0.343

0.750

0.301

2.71, 32.548

0.484

0.677

Shrubs

Pillai's Trace

1.923

27, 18

1.190

0.356

1.855

27, 18

1.081

0.441

T

0.155

1.391, 16.695

1.141

0.323

0.375

3.379, 40.54

17.581

<0.001

T × V

0.155

1.391, 16.695

2.546

0.121

0.375

3.379, 40.54

3.673

0.016

T × Tr

0.155

1.391, 16.695

1.270

0.293

0.375

3.379, 40.54

0.462

0.733

T × V × Tr

0.155

1.391, 16.695

0.859

0.404

0.375

3.379, 40.54

0.483

0.718

Total

Pillai's Trace

2.053

27, 18

1.446

0.210

2.139

27, 18

1.655

0.135

T

0.318

2.862, 34.343

13.563

<0.001

0.378

3.405, 40.86

45.819

<0.001

T × V

0.318

2.862, 34.343

7.732

0.001

0.378

3.405, 40.86

25.022

<0.001

T × Tr

0.318

2.862, 34.343

0.567

0.632

0.378

3.405, 40.86

0.478

0.723

T × V × Tr

0.318

2.862, 34.343

0.806

0.494

0.378

3.405, 40.86

1.073

0.376

Heterogeneity

Pillai's Trace

2.265

27, 18

2.055

0.058

       

T

0.404

3.6322, 43.586

5.860

0.001

       

T × V

0.404

3.6322, 43.586

2.835

0.040

       

T × Tr

0.404

3.6322, 43.586

0.538

0.692

       

T × V × Tr

0.404

3.6322, 43.586

0.735

0.561

       


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