Appendix C. A table showing multivariate ANOVA and profile analysis results for arthropod trophic density and biomass.
Table C1: Multivariate ANOVA results for (A) density and (B) biomass of all trophic levels (natural log transformed) from final sampling of April/May 2001.
Profile Analysis
MANOVA
H-D
D-P
H-P
Source
df
F
P
df
F
P
F
P
F
P
Density Load
Fertilization (F)
3,5
7.68
0.026
1,7
7.49
0.029
2.25
0.177
6.18
0.042
Cage (C)
3,5
3.34
0.114
1,7
0.10
0.757
8.26
0.024
5.51
0.051
F × C
3,5
1.83
0.258
1,7
0.38
0.557
0.50
0.504
0.02
0.906
Block (B)
21,14
1.80
0.124
1,7
1.22
0.402
4.36
0.035
1.31
0.365
F × B
21,14
0.80
0.690
1,7
0.30
0.934
0.75
0.646
0.99
0.505
C × B
21,14
0.87
0.629
1,7
0.70
0.674
1.09
0.456
1.17
0.421
Biomass Load
Fertilization (F)
3,5
6.73
0.033
1,7
9.64
0.017
0.01
0.932
2.94
0.130
Cage (C)
3,5
3.52
0.105
1,7
0.77
0.410
3.99
0.086
0.38
0.558
F × C
3,5
0.47
0.717
1,7
1.96
0.204
0.46
0.517
1.83
0.218
Block (B)
21,14
1.51
0.210
1,7
0.46
0.835
3.03
0.083
0.24
0.962
F × B
21,14
1.27
0.320
1,7
0.14
0.991
1.76
0.238
0.57
0.765
C × B
21,14
1.95
0.094
1,7
0.53
0.787
2.86
0.095
0.87
0.573
Note: Profile analysis gives pairwise comparisons of trophic level responses, where H = herbivores, D = detritivores, and P = predators. All F tests use Wilks' lambda statistic. Boldface P values are significant at
= 0.05.
Numerator, denominator degrees of freedom.