Ecological Archives C006-053-A2

Philip G. Hahn and John L. Orrock. 2015. Spatial arrangement of canopy structure and land-use history alter the effect that herbivores have on plant growth. Ecosphere 6:193. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/es15-00036.1

Appendix B. Analysis of the growth of plants within full exclosures.

Table B1. ANOVA table for the analysis of plants grown within full herbivore exclosures. Values are F values. We used a four-way mixed-model ANOVA with land-use history, overstory tree thinning, thinning in the adjacent patch, and distance from the edge as fixed effects. We used a four-way ANOVA in order to focus on potential main effects of land-use history and canopy structure, in addition to potential edges effects.

Effect

Den df

C. bellidifolius

Se. tortifolius

So. nemoralis

So. odora

Land-use history

14

0.07

1.45

0.91

0.32

Overstory tree thinning

26

44.35*

31.64*

52.18*

19.83*

Landuse×Thinning

26

8.27*

11.12*

2.46

1.36

Adjacent patch thinning

26

0.25

0.77

1.09

0

Land-use×Adj

26

2.12

1.79

1.16

1.01

Thinning×Adj

26

0

2.4

0.64

0.34

Landuse×Thin×Adj

26

0

0.04

0.05

0.53

Distance from edge

58

0.87

0.82

1.56

0.04

Landuse×Dist

58

4.54

0.63

0.01

1.91

Thinning×Dist

58

0.08

3.5

1.43

0.08

Landuse×Thinning×Dist

58

2.94

1.76

0.25

2.08

Adj×Dist

58

1.95

0.25

0.86

0.14

Landuse×Adj×Dist

58

0.05

0.46

0.33

3.07

Thinning×Adj×Dist

58

3.18

0.46

0.67

0.31

Lduse×Thin×Adj×Dist

58

0.43

0.13

0.44

1.09

*P ≤ 0.05.

 

FigB1

Fig. B1. Total number of leaves produced in one growing season on plants protected from herbivores. Data are jittered around distance for clarity. Error bars are ±1 SE.


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