Appendix C. Summary of ANOVAs testing for effects of seep (random), plot (nested in seep; random), habitat, sub-habitat, and the interaction between habitat and sub-habitat on seedling and bead number.
Seedlings |
Beads |
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Source of variation |
df |
F |
P |
df |
F |
P |
Seep (random) |
9 |
2.85 |
0.004 |
9 |
3.58 |
0.0009 |
Plot nested in seep (random) |
>0.9† |
>0.9† |
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Habitat (wet vs. dry) |
1 |
8.68 |
0.004 |
0.1† |
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Sub-habitat (moss vs. bare) |
1 |
33.4 |
<0.0001 |
1 |
4.35 |
0.04 |
Habitat × sub-habitat |
0.12† |
0.8† |
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Error |
178 |
186 |
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† Nonsignificant and not retained in the reduced model.