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Table 1 Results (F-values) of two-way ANOVAs for the effects of rainfall amount and dry interval on plant traits and soil properties

From: Moderately prolonged dry intervals between precipitation events promote production in Leymus chinensis in a semi-arid grassland of Northeast China

 

Amount

Interval

Amount×Interval

F

p

F

p

F

p

Plant traits

 Height

42.81

< 0.001

20.91

< 0.001

3.47

0.001

 Number of ramets

9.95

< 0.001

9.33

< 0.001

1.17

0.330

 Aboveground biomass

120.69

< 0.001

77.62

< 0.001

11.12

< 0.001

 Belowground biomass

34.87

< 0.001

2.79

0.026

4.25

< 0.001

 R/S

4.00

0.024

5.00

0.001

2.28

0.026

 S/L

8.39

0.001

22.18

< 0.001

2.93

0.005

Soil properties

 NH4+-N content

6.44

0.003

8.48

< 0.001

0.34

0.964

 NO3−-N content

51.08

< 0.001

77.93

< 0.001

3.99

< 0.001

 Available phosphorus

3.33

0.043

5.67

< 0.001

0.40

0.940

 Soil water content

3971.40

< 0.001

3230.97

< 0.001

74.44

< 0.001

  1. Note: Bold values are significant at p < 0.05
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BMC Plant Biology

ISSN: 1471-2229

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