Table 2 Summary of ANOVA for the effect of species, origin and their interaction (Species × Origin) for leaf litter decomposition and decomposability traits of exotic and native woody species. A general linear model (~ Intercept + Species + Origin + Species: Origin) was used followed by Tukey’s HSD post-hoc test.
Parameters | Species | Origin | Species × Origin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F4,20 | p | F4,20 | p | F4,20 | p | |
Nitrogen | 75.535 | 0.000 | 88.367 | 0.000 | 54.586 | 0.000 |
Phosphorus | 44.557 | 0.000 | 16.598 | 0.001 | 31.971 | 0.000 |
Lignin | 13.597 | 0.000 | 17.485 | 0.000 | 11.775 | 0.000 |
Carbon | 2.657 | 0.063 | 0.116 | 0.737 | 3.950 | 0.016 |
Cellulose | 22.601 | 0.000 | 667.279 | 0.000 | 50.367 | 0.000 |
Crude fibre | 12.128 | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.927 | 8.462 | 0.000 |
L/C | 11.049 | 0.000 | 18.354 | 0.000 | 8.605 | 0.000 |
L/N | 42.218 | 0.000 | 16.144 | 0.001 | 31.425 | 0.000 |
L/P | 46.417 | 0.000 | 8.551 | 0.008 | 48.790 | 0.000 |
C/N | 132.309 | 0.000 | 45.445 | 0.000 | 100.495 | 0.000 |
C/P | 73.744 | 0.000 | 6.599 | 0.018 | 87.261 | 0.000 |
N/P | 4.571 | 0.009 | 7.015 | 0.015 | 6.372 | 0.002 |
k | 70.041 | 0.000 | 28.308 | 0.000 | 34.666 | 0.000 |
MRD | 108.901 | 0.000 | 9.989 | 0.005 | 52.144 | 0.000 |
T50 | 105.338 | 0.000 | 19.733 | 0.000 | 55.448 | 0.000 |
T95 | 105.303 | 0.000 | 19.823 | 0.000 | 55.330 | 0.000 |
