Ecological Archives E091-047-A2

Jonathan M. Chase, Amber A. Burgett, and Elizabeth G. Biro. 2010. Habitat isolation moderates the strength of top-down control in experimental pond food webs. Ecology 91:637–643.

Appendix B (TABLE B1). Summary of univariate responses of species compositional variation to isolation, predator removal, and their interaction. Functional groups of predator and prey taxa are defined in text.


Source of variation

df

SS

F

P


Predator Functional Groups

       

Dragonfly larvae

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

564752

72.21

<0.000

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

440896

56.37

<0.000

I × PR

1,12

241572

30.88

<0.000

         

Large Beetles

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

240835

85.10

<0.000

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

192063

67.84

<0.000

I × PR

1,12

121975

43.08

<0.000

         

Hemipterans

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

19740

7.821

0.016

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

53130

21.05

0.001

I × PR

1,12

7056

2.79

0.12

         

Damselfly larvae

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

5041

10.58

0.007

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

62001

130.21

0.001

I × PR

1,12

19044

39.99

<0.000

         

Small Beetles

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

5184

1.70

0.217

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

160400

52.65

<0.000

I × PR

1,12

80940

26.56

<0.000

         

Herbivore Functional Groups

Large Grazers

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

1.77

138.58

<0.000

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

1.33

140.29

<0.000

I × PR

1,12

1.26

98.52

<0.000

         

Large Zooplankters

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

30.25

2.33

0.15

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

272.25

21.01

0.001

I × PR

1,12

289

22/30

<0.000

         

Small Grazers

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

4.00

73.18

<0.000

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

237169

0.43

0.52

I × PR

1,12

2661792

4.86

0.05

         

Small Zooplankters

       

Isolation (I)

1,12

0.76

0.71

0.42

Predator Removal (PR)

1,12

37.52

34.79

<0.000

I × PR

1,12

31.64

29.35

<0.000



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