Ecological Archives E089-072-A1

Adam D. Kay, Josh Mankowski, and Sarah E. Hobbie. 2008. Long-term burning interacts with herbivory to slow decomposition. Ecology 89:1188–1194.

Appendix A. Nested ANOVAs for effects of lace bug or aphid exclusion on leaf chemistry.

TABLE A1. Nested ANOVAs for effects of lace bug or aphid exclusion on leaf chemistry. Separate analyses were conducted for leaves collected when exclusion began (June), at mid-season (August), and after leaf senescence (October). Phenolics were not measured in June samples.


       

June

 

August

 

October

       
 
 

Fire treatment

Excluded herbivore

Dependent variable

df

F

P

 

F

P

 

F

P


Burned

Lace bugs

nitrogen

1, 18

0.872

0.771

 

13.033

0.002

 

0.571

0.461

   

phosphorus

1, 18

0.213

0.650

 

4.950

0.039

 

3.932

0.063

   

hemicellulose

1, 18

0.108

0.746

 

10.104

0.005

 

1.616

0.220

   

cellulose

1, 18

0.274

0.607

 

2.858

0.108

 

0.311

0.584

   

lignin

1, 18

0.001

0.996

 

12.412

0.002

 

7.601

0.013

   

cell solubles

1, 18

0.183

0.675

 

5.625

0.029

 

4.743

0.043

   

phenolics

1, 18

     

0.213

0.650

 

0.022

0.884

                       

Unburned

Lace bugs

nitrogen

1, 16

0.254

0.621

 

6.835

0.019

 

0.296

0.592

   

phosphorus

1, 16

0.171

0.685

 

13.147

0.002

 

15.178

0.001

   

hemicellulose

1, 16

3.543

0.078

 

5.796

0.029

 

0.609

0.446

   

cellulose

1, 16

1.168

0.296

 

2.689

0.121

 

0.001

0.991

   

lignin

1, 16

0.010

0.921

 

8.532

0.010

 

9.263

0.007

   

cell solubles

1, 16

0.810

0.382

 

5.386

0.034

 

43.670

<0.001

   

phenolics

1, 16

     

0.389

0.542

 

4.837

0.043

                       

Unburned

Aphids

nitrogen

1, 16

0.183

0.895

 

0.452

0.834

 

0.537

0.474

   

phosphorus

1, 16

0.678

0.423

 

0.045

0.834

 

0.744

0.401

   

hemicellulose

1, 16

0.052

0.822

 

0.553

0.467

 

0.118

0.915

   

cellulose

1, 16

0.033

0.857

 

0.010

0.921

 

1.258

0.277

   

lignin

1, 16

0.576

0.458

 

0.018

0.895

 

1.466

0.242

   

cell solubles

1, 16

0.003

0.958

 

0.058

0.813

 

3.136

0.096

   

phenolics

1, 16

     

0.002

0.965

 

0.003

0.958



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