Table 1 The relative contribution (%) of each of the eight root traits to the variation in root mass loss for single-species treatments and two-species mixtures (based on community-weighted mean (CWM) traits) using hierarchical partitioning analyses (HPA), and the relationships between CWM trait and mass loss for single-species and two-species mixture using linear regression
From: Root mixing effects on belowground decomposition depend on mycorrhizal type
Trait | Relative contribution (%) | Relationship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Single species (n = 57) | Two-species mixtures (n = 138) | Single species (n = 57) | Two-species mixtures (n = 138) | |||||||
F | df | r | P | F | df | r | P | |||
Root diameter (RD, mm) | 31.5 | 12.3 | 11.09 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.002 | 12.70 | 1 | 0.29 | <0.001 |
Specific root length (SRL, m g−1) | 5.9 | 3.2 | 0.28 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.598 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.711 |
Root tissue density (RTD, g cm−3) | 20.8 | 10.8 | 4.78 | 1 | −0.28 | 0.033 | 2.04 | 1 | −0.12 | 0.156 |
Root carbon concentration (C, mg g−1) | 1.8 | 17.8 | 0.22 | 1 | −0.06 | 0.641 | 4.38 | 1 | −0.18 | 0.038 |
Root nitrogen concentration (N, mg g−1) | 8.5 | 12.4 | 5.36 | 1 | 0.30 | 0.024 | 10.71 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.001 |
Total condensed tannins (CTs, mg g−1) | 5.4 | 16.1 | 3.93 | 1 | −0.26 | 0.052 | 15.04 | 1 | −0.32 | <0.001 |
Carbon to nitrogen ratio (C:N) | 16.6 | 12.5 | 8.83 | 1 | −0.37 | 0.004 | 13.84 | 1 | −0.30 | <0.001 |
Condensed tannins to nitrogen ratio (CTs:N) | 9.6 | 14.9 | 6.42 | 1 | −0.32 | 0.014 | 13.98 | 1 | −0.31 | <0.001 |
