Ecological Archives A016-010-A2

Esteban R. Suárez, Timothy J. Fahey, Joseph B. Yavitt, Peter M. Groffman, and Patrick J. Bohlen. 2006. Patterns of litter disappearance in a northern hardwood forest invaded by exotic earthworms. Ecological Applications 16:154–165.

Appendix B (Table B1). An ANOVA table comparing the total density and biomass of exotic earthworms sampled beneath litter boxes with sugar maple or oak litter in two earthworm-invaded plots in a hardwood forest in south-central New York. Fifteen replicates were analyzed for each treatment combination.


Earthworm density

Source

df

MS

F

P


Site

1

3562.02

1.39

0.2441

Litter type

1

90.52

0.04

0.8518

Site × Litter type

1

289.96

0.11

0.7382


Earthworm biomass

Source

df

MS

F

P


Site

1

17697.67

35.68

<0.0001

Litter type

1

71.41

0.14

0.7058

Site × Litter type

1

213.34

0.43

0.5146




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