Table 2 Annual and seasonal average (µ) ± standard deviation (σ) of soil respiration from monthly mid-day measurements in trench and shrub treatments, corrected and uncorrected for temporal bias.

From: Potential bias of daily soil CO2 efflux estimates due to sampling time

Treatment

Season

µ (µmol CO2 m−2 s−1)

σ (µmol CO2 m−2 s−1)

Difference (%)

Bayes Factor*

Shrub–corrected

All year

1.20

0.77

−11.1

582.1

Shrub–uncorrected

All year

1.35

0.85

Trench–corrected

All year

0.95

0.61

−25.2

22.08

Trench–uncorrected

All year

1.27

0.89

Shrub–corrected

Dry season

0.66

0.47

−15.4

4.41

Shrub–uncorrected

Dry season

0.78

0.56

Trench–corrected

Dry season

0.57

0.38

−14.9

5.17

Trench–uncorrected

Dry season

0.67

0.45

Shrub–corrected

Wet season

1.73

0.64

−9.9

36.03

Shrub–uncorrected

Wet season

1.92

0.71

Trench–corrected

Wet season

1.32

0.58

−29.4

20.07

Trench–uncorrected

Wet season

1.87

0.81

  1. *Values of Bayes Factor >1 indicate that data are n times better supported by the alternative hypothesis than by the null hypothesis.