Appendix E. Final richness, density, and mass of neighbors in relation to neighbor identity.
TABLE E1. Final richness, density, and mass of neighbors in relation to neighbor identity in a greenhouse experiment examining abiotic and biotic resistance to plant invasions. Values are means (+1 SEM).
Neighbor identity |
Final richness (no. spp. / pot) |
Final density (no. ind. / pot) |
Final mass (g / pot) |
| 1-species treatments: | |||
| Deschampsia (N = 28) | 1.1+0.1 | 7.8+1.6 | 1.30+0.14 |
| Layia (N = 77) | 0.7+0.1 | 3.6+0.7 | 0.47+0.07 |
| Lasthenia (N = 81) | 1.0+0.0 | 20.6+1.9 | 0.74+0.07 |
| 2-species treatments: | |||
| Deschampsia-Layia (N = 42) | 1.4+0.1 | 6.0+0.7 | 1.04+0.13 |
| Deschampsia-Lasthenia (N = 60) | 1.9+0.0 | 26.1+2.3 | 2.20+0.19 |
| Layia-Lasthenia (N = 87) | 1.5+0.1 | 16.8+1.8 | 0.89+0.10 |
| 3-species treatments: | |||
| Deschampsia-Layia-Lasthenia (N = 99) | 2.3+0.1 | 21.5+1.7 | 1.75+0.12 |