Ecological Archives E092-099-A2

Yinzhan Liu, Peter B. Reich, Guoyong Li, and Shucun Sun. 2011. Shifting phenology and abundance under experimental warming alters trophic relationships and plant reproductive capacity. Ecology 92:1201–1207.

Appendix B (TABLE B1). Descriptive statistics for the temperature differences at two levels of vertical profiles.


 

 

Soil surface
(°C)

30 cm aboveground
(°C)

Non-growing season

(October 2007–March 2008)

Range in warmed chambers

-4.6–14.1

-13.1–14.7

Range in ambient chambers

-6.9–11.8

-16.0–13.2

Mean of the difference

1.99

2.10

Growing season

(Apr. 2008–September 2008)

Range in warmed chambers

4.1–17.3

1.2–19.0

Range in ambient chambers

1.4–18.0

-0.3–16.5

Mean of the difference

0.40

1.33

Non-growing season

(October 2008–March 2009)

Range in warmed chambers

-8.2–9.9

-13.0–10.7

Range in ambient chambers

-7.9–11.5

-13.0–10.6

Mean of the difference

2.09

1.45

Growing season

(Apr. 2009–September 2009)

Range in warmed chambers

4.9–15.8

1.5–20.7

Range in ambient chambers

1.5–17.0

2.2–20.6

Mean of the difference

0.60

1.25

Annual mean

(October 2007–September 2008)

Range in warmed chambers

-4.6–17.3

-13.1–19.0

Range in ambient chambers

-6.9–18.0

-16.0–16.5

Mean of the difference

1.45

1.60

Annual mean

(October 2008–September 2009)

Range in warmed chambers

-8.2–15.8

-13.0–20.7

Range in ambient chambers

-7.9–17.0

-13.0–20.6

Mean of the difference

1.29

1.36

Notes: Means of the temperature difference between warmed and ambient chambers were provided for both the growing and non-growing seasons. The data were complete except during the non-growing season from October 2007 to March 2008.


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