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Table 3 Mean ± standard error and two-way ANOVA results for each soil parameter measured in eight localities in central Mexico

From: Morphological variation of Cosmos bipinnatus (Asteraceae) and its relation to abiotic variables in central Mexico

Soil parameter

F

Mean ± s.e.

Units

Locality (d.f. = 7)

Transect (d.f. = 16)

  

pH

10.60***

2.21**

6.65 ± 0.05

 

OM

17.96***

1.65 ns

6.02 ± 0.37

%

NH4

5.68***

1.91**

15.32 ± 0.74

ppm

NO3

3.09***

2.13**

9.92 ± 0.28

ppm

PO4

26.77***

2.32***

2.89 ± 0.18

ppm

N t

11.82***

1.65 ns

0.41 ± 0.02

%

P t

14.13***

1.71 ns

0.07 ± 0.01

%

  1. ns not significant
  2. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001