Ecological Archives A025-076-A1

Jared J. Beck, Daniel L. Hernández, Jae R. Pasari, and Erika S. Zavaleta. 2015. Grazing maintains native plant diversity and promotes community stability in an annual grassland. Ecological Applications 25:1259–1270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1093.1

Appendix A. ANCOVA results for the relationship between native species richness and both exotic cover and grazing treatment.

Table A1. ANCOVA results for models describing the relationship between native species richness and both exotic cover and grazing treatment. Native plant richness was natural log transformed. Fertilized and unfertilized subplots were analyzed separately. We report the regression coefficient (β), F statistic, and P value for each of the parameters as well as the R² of the full ANCOVA model.

Year

Fertilized

 

Unfertilized

Parameter

R²

β

Fa

P

 

R²

β

Fa

P

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.44

0.006

0.177

0.688

 

0.04

-0.001

0.127

0.734

Grazing

 

0.602

3.008

0.134

 

 

-0.029

0.093

0.770

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

-0.010

1.526

0.263

 

 

-0.001

0.002

0.964

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.08

0.006

0.203

0.668

 

0.06

-0.006

0.362

0.570

Grazing

 

0.0124

0.020

0.893

 

 

-0.048

0.002

0.968

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

-0.006

0.303

0.602

 

 

0.003

0.025

0.880

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.29

-0.006

6.013

0.026

 

0.34

-0.005

7.708

0.013

Grazing

 

0.159

0.331

0.573

 

 

0.021

0.121

0.733

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

-0.003

0.231

0.637

 

 

-0.003

0.549

0.470

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.09

-0.009

0.698

0.416

 

0.39

-0.009

8.936

0.009

Grazing

 

-0.453

0.354

0.560

 

 

0.303

0.810

0.382

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

0.009

0.516

0.483

 

 

-0.004

0.409

0.532

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.33

-0.010

4.639

0.047

 

0.01

-0.001

0.055

0.818

Grazing

 

-0.107

2.740

0.117

 

 

-0.056

0.141

0.713

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

-0.012

0.666

0.426

 

 

-0.001

0.011

0.920

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic cover

0.33

-0.009

7.100

0.016

 

0.27b

-0.012

5.468

0.034

Grazing

 

-0.164

0.899

0.357

 

 

-0.091

0.013

0.910

Exotic cover × Grazing

 

0.001

0.006

0.939

 

 

0.004

0.162

0.693

a F1,6 for 2008 and 2009, F1,16 for 2010–2013.

b Outlier identified and removed from model (F1,15), exotic cover was not significant with outlier.


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