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Appendix B. Mean responses of biomass and flower and fruit capsule number for individuals in the four treatments. N = 14–15 individuals for each entry; untransformed means of response variables are given (± 1 SE).

 

With moss

Without moss

Moss removed

Removal control

Biomass (g)

0.089 ± 0.014

0.342 ± 0.070

0.393 ± 0.088

0.406 ± 0.099

Flower number (# / individual)

0.133 ± 0.133

2.13 ± 0.774

3.73 ± 0.978

4.07 ± 1.25

Fruit capsule number (# / individual)

0.00 ± 0.00

1.60 ± 0.872

2.93 ± 1.39

2.21 ± 0.921



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