TILMAN Et Al 1997 - The Influence of Functional Diversity and Composition On Ecosystem Processes
TILMAN Et Al 1997 - The Influence of Functional Diversity and Composition On Ecosystem Processes
Table 2. Dependence of response variables on functional diversity treatments and functional compo-
sition based on ANOVAs. Functional composition was nested within each level of functional diversity. A
separate analysis was performed for each ecosystem response variable.
F values
Response
Functional Functional Overall r2
variable Overall model
diversity composition
(df 5 31, 254)
Fig. 2. Effects of functional composition on 1996 (df 5 5, 254) (df 5 26, 254)
aboveground plant biomass (productivity) in plots
Productivity 9.36*** 2.87*** 4.02** 0.33
containing at least one legume species (Legume),
Plant % N 22.2*** 17.3*** 17.4*** 0.68
at least one C4 grass species (C4 grass), at least
Plant total N 4.23** 3.92*** 4.18*** 0.34
one of each (C4 grass plus legume), or only spe- Soil NH4 2.40* 1.23NS 1.40NS 0.14
cies from other functional groups (Other). Mean Soil NO3 22.3*** 1.17NS 4.57*** 0.36
and SE are shown, using all plots containing 1, 2, Light penetration 12.1*** 3.21*** 4.57*** 0.36
or 3 functional groups.
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