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Table 3 Mean changes in biomass (g/m2) of major plant functional groups in low shrub tundra, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

From: Interactions between herbivory and warming in aboveground biomass production of arctic vegetation

  

δp

δs

δc

Functional groups

Treatment combinations

Mean change (g/m2)

95% CI [min, max]

Mean change (g/m2)

95% CI [min, max]

Mean change (g/m2)

95% CI [min, max]

B. nana leaf

Ungrazed Ambient

-10.03

[-28.86, 8.80]

74.85a

[46.32, 103.38]

35.03a

[2.14, 67.91]

 

Ungrazed Warmed

6.69

[-12.14, 25.52]

56.61a

[28.08, 85.13]

35.75a

[2.87, 68.64]

 

Grazed Ambient

14.63

[-2.86, 32.11]

31.55a

[5.06, 58.03]

20.02

[-10.51, 50.55]

 

Grazed Warmed

0.96

[-16.50, 18.47]

46.37a

[19.88, 72.86]

9.49

[-21.04, 40.02]

B. nana stem

Ungrazed Ambient

214.67a

[124.71, 304.54]

103.41

[-34.61, 241.42]

159.29a

[55.84, 262.75]

 

Ungrazed Warmed

264.98a

[175.07, 354.89]

86.81

[-51.21, 224.82]

142.69a

[39.24, 246.15]

 

Grazed Ambient

163.75a

[80.28, 274.22]

102.722

[-25.41, 230.85]

165.45a

[69.41, 261.50]

 

Grazed Warmed

168.97a

[85.49, 252.44]

69.05

[-59.08, 197.18]

132.25a

[36.21, 228.30]

Graminoids

Ungrazed Ambient

0.83

[-1.02, 2.69]

8.04a

[4.20, 11.89]

6.46a

[2.40, 10.53]

 

Ungrazed Warmed

0.29

[-1.56, 2.14]

7.25a

[3.40, 11.09]

6.00a

[1.93, 10.07]

 

Grazed Ambient

-2.48a

[-4.20, -0.76)]

7.94a

[4.37, 11.51]

6.28a

[2.50, 10.05]

 

Grazed Warmed

-0.69

[-2.41, 1.03]

7.33a

[3.76, 10.89]

5.78a

[2.01, 9.56]

Forbs

Ungrazed Ambient

-0.51

[-2.66, 1.64]

2.17a

[0.19, 4.14]

0.67

[-1.67, 3.00]

 

Ungrazed Warmed

-1.72

[-3.87, 0.43]

2.80a

[0.83, 4.77]

-0.66

[-2.99, 1.67]

 

Grazed Ambient

-0.88

[-2.87, 1.12]

1.88a

[0.04, 3.71]

0.86

[-1.30, 3.03]

 

Grazed Warmed

0.06

[-1.93, 2.06]

1.86a

[0.03, 3.69]

-0.12

[-2.28, 2.05]

  1. CI: confidence intervals of the means for each treatment combination. a indicates that the mean is statistically different from 0 at p ≤ 0.05. δp: primary change (2003–2004), δs: secondary change (2005–2006), δc: cumulative change (2003–2006).