Table 2 Two-way ANOVA of the effects of oviposition (with and without) and year on fruit set and fruit abortion rate in a natural population of Rheum nobile at Yongjiongyi, Yunnan in southwest China, 4490 m a.s.l.

From: Oviposition by mutualistic seed-consuming pollinators reduces fruit abortion in a recently discovered pollination mutualism

Effect

Sum of squares

df

F

P

Fruit set

 Oviposition

0.001

1

0.68

0.42

 Year

0.002

1

0.16

0.69

 Oviposition × year

6.4 × 10−5

1

0.07

0.80

 Error

0.03

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Fruit abortion rate

 Oviposition

0.40

1

287.24

<0.001

 Year

0.05

1

33.26

<0.001

 Oviposition × year

0.04

1

30.23

<0.001

 Error

0.03

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