Ecological Archives E096-278-A1

Kayoko Fukumori, George Livingston, and Mathew A. Leibold. 2015. Disturbance-mediated colonization–extinction dynamics in experimental protist metacommunities. Ecology 96:3234–3242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2487.1

Appendix A. Relationship between population density and colonization rate of Paramecium and Colpidium.

Table A1. Mean (± 1 SE) comparison of variables measuring steady state and variation components among four treatments. P values from one-way ANOVAs are provided. Pairwise comparisons are based on posthoc Tukey’s HSD tests.

Variables

N

Mean

SE

ANOVA

Comparison group*

Post hoc P value

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

0.007

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

<0.001

Proportion of empty patches at week 9

20

0.33

0.06

F = 81.55

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.007

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

<0.001

Steady state

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

0.368

 

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

0.005

G at week 9†

20

0.84

0.03

F = 6.97

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.294

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

0.055

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

0.860

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

<0.001

X at week 9‡

20

0.78

0.03

F = 132.6

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

<0.001

Variation components

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

<0.001

E|S during week 7 to 9

60

0.25

0.03

F = 32.12

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.176

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

0.031

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

0.871

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

0.117

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

0.089

 S|E during week 7 to 9

60

0.21

0.02

F = 11.55

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.999

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

0.004

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

0.006

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

0.999

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

0.06

EwS during week 7 to 9

60

0.10

0.01

F = 8.223

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.044

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

0.478

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Low

<0.001

 

 

 

 

 

No vs. Intermediate

<0.001

Residuals during week 7 to 9

60

0.48

0.03

F = 29.27

No vs. High

<0.001

 

 

 

 

P < 0.001

Low vs. Intermediate

0.005

 

 

 

 

 

Low vs. High

0.161

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate vs. High

0.496

*No, Low, Intermediate, and High shows No disturbance, Low disturbance, Intermediate disturbance, and High disturbance treatments, respectively.

†Proportion of non-empty patches that were dominated by the competitively superior species.

‡X=1/(1+Z)

 

FigA1

Fig. A1. Relationship between population density and colonization rate of Paramecium (blue circle) and Colpidium (orange circle).


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