Variables | Â | Grouping factor | Temporal interactions | ||||||||||||
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Sample size | Plant community type | Meadow gradient class | Spatial interactions | ||||||||||||
 | PCT | MGC | PCT × MGC | Week | PCT × week | MGC × week | PCT × MGC × week | ||||||||
n | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | |
SR (kPa) | 252 | 35.55 | 0.00 | 3.32 | 0.07 | 4.76 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0.33 | 1.65 | 0.13 | 4.73 | 0.01 | 1.09 | 0.37 |
BD (Mg/m3) | 252 | 22.31 | 0.00 | 2.24 | 0.14 | 3.40 | 0.02 | 3.31 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.87 | 1.47 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 0.85 |
GWC (%) | 252 | 22.31 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 2.49 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.90 | 0.29 | 0.94 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.19 | 0.98 |
VWC (%) | 252 | 8.83 | 0.00 | 15.17 | 0.00 | 3.57 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.89 | 0.17 | 0.98 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.71 |
WHC (%) | 98 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 16.08 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 1.37 | 0.25 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 4.09 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.66 |
SOM (%) | 98 | 1.10 | 0.35 | 8.31 | 0.01 | 1.08 | 0.36 | 0.67 | 0.42 | 2.74 | 0.05 | 6.07 | 0.02 | 1.59 | 0.20 |
Sand (%) | 98 | 3.16 | 0.03 | 33.93 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.78 |
Silt (%) | 98 | 3.59 | 0.02 | 30.69 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.22 | 0.88 |
Clay (%) | 98 | 0.91 | 0.44 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 0.65 | 1.00 | 0.40 |
CF 2–4 mm (%) | 252 | 1.68 | 0.18 | 2.03 | 0.16 | 3.26 | 0.02 | 3.24 | 0.07 | 3.07 | 0.03 | 0.99 | 0.32 | 1.25 | 0.30 |
CF > 4 mm (%) | 252 | 1.80 | 0.15 | 1.54 | 0.22 | 2.73 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.91 | 1.72 | 0.12 | 1.07 | 0.34 | 3.56 | 0.00 |
TVC (1 m2 ) | 252 | 50.32 | 0.00 | 1.46 | 0.23 | 2.94 | 0.03 | 7.80 | 0.00 | 1.95 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.84 | 0.58 | 0.75 |
TVC (700 cm2) | 252 | 22.38 | 0.00 | 2.03 | 0.16 | 1.90 | 0.13 | 9.17 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.26 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 2.74 | 0.01 |
RMAD (kg/m2) | 252 | 2.08 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 5.65 | 0.00 | 24.10 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.01 | 1.06 | 0.35 | 2.34 | 0.03 |
Roots (%) | 252 | 2.69 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 4.22 | 0.01 | 13.65 | 0.00 | 2.78 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.76 | 1.40 | 0.22 |