Table 3 Table of variables for the 9 common species in the 3 locations including levels of herbivory. N, P, K, and ADF: % dry weight, H₂ O: % fresh weight, tannins: Merk tannic acid equivalents. Superscript refers to Estimated Marginal Means post-hoc analysis between sites with different letters significantly different at P < 0.05, 'a' refers to lowest value. YFEL = area of the youngest fully extended leaf

Whiteman Park

Acacia alata

31.1

0.41

66

72

50.6

1.33^a

0.04^a

0.60^a

5.38^a

31.7^a

81

Acacia pulchella

48.6

1.97

45

104

37.7

1.63^a

0.03^a

0.47^a

8.35^a

28.1^a

42

Allocasuarina fraseriana

20.2

0.38

112

249

59.8

1.06^b

0.05^a

0.92^a

9.07^a

40.4^a

71

Cyathochaeta avenacea

11.2

0.04

101

167

55.8

1.37^a

0.04^a

0.74^a

2.30^a

38.2^a

100

Mirbelia dilatata

32.4

0.45

108

107

63.1

1.25^a

0.03^a

0.51^a

0.14^a

39.4^a

86

Austrodanthonia caespitosa

43.6

0.36

85

162

33.1

0.78^a

0.03^a

0.41^a

0.44^a

39.5^a

100

Sphaerolobium vimineum

15.5

0.09

14

398

58.0

1.18^a

0.03^a

0.55^a

0.59^a

46.3^a

100

Xanthorrhoea gracilis

10.7

0.04

105

143

58.1

1.00^a

0.08^a

0.70^a

1.79^a

37.9^a

98

Xanthorrhoea preissii

9.6

0.04

113

166

60.4

0.97^a

0.08^b

0.51^a

1.83^a

27.7^a

98

Huntly Mine

Acacia alata

42.8

1.97

450

188

52.2

1.90^b

0.10^c

1.00^b

4.32^a

38.3^a

99

Acacia pulchella

71.5

0.89

100

216

51.7

1.91^b

0.08^b

0.86^b

5.35^a

27.1^a

57

Allocasuarina fraseriana

39.3

0.81

68

390

58.2

1.03^b

0.04^a

0.99^a

8.27^a

40.6^a

99

Cyathochaeta avenacea

19.2

0.15

16.7

110

66.5

1.74^b

0.07^b

0.94^a

2.10^a

44.4^a

100

Mirbelia dilatata

40.1

0.59

116.7

157

67.1

1.55^b

0.07^b

0.91^b

0.25^a

32.9^b

93

Austrodanthonia caespitosa

55.7

1.18

516.7

456

51.6

0.94^a

0.05^b

0.68^b

0.22^a

39.8^a

100

Sphaerolobium vimineum

19.0

0.29

200

300

70.5

1.47^b

0.06^b

1.62^b

0.56^a

39.7^a

100

Xanthorrhoea gracilis

24.6

0.45

41.7

40

58.8

1.12^a

0.11^b

0.72^a

1.53^a

26.8^b

98

Xanthorrhoea preissii

43.9

0.26

29.2

114

62.3

0.87^a

0.06^a

0.60^a

1.84^a

23.3^a

99

Boddington Mine

Acacia alata

47.4

0.38

428.9

100

61.7

1.51^a

0.07^b

0.85^b

6.03^a

38.1^a

79

Acacia pulchella

68.5

0.44

65.8

85

55.6

1.57^a

0.05^b

0.83^b

5.83^a

32.2^b

76

Allocasuarina fraseriana

13.4

0.13

61.3

139

62.0

0.79^a

0.17^b

0.81^a

8.81^a

42.7^a

100

Cyathochaeta avenacea

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Mirbelia dilatata

35.6

0.35

164.5

87

72.4

1.68^b

0.11^c

1.00^b

0.38^a

31.0^b

84

Austrodanthonia caespitosa

47.4

0.92

123.0

105

64.8

0.96^a

0.07^b

0.69^b

0.49^a

35.3^a

100

Sphaerolobium vimineum

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Xanthorrhoea gracilis

9.5

0.05

206.4

72

67.6

0.93^a

0.13^c

0.61^a

1.39^a

33.8^b

95

Xanthorrhoea preissii

13.5

0.08

227.0

78

51.8

0.86^a

0.11^b

0.58^a

1.96^a

26.8^a

98