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Ecological Processes

Table 2 Effects of plant growth form and shrub cover on leaf nutrient resorption parameters in freshwater wetlands of Northeast China

From: Effect of shrub encroachment on leaf nutrient resorption in temperate wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain of Northeast China

Sources of variation

Mature leaf N concentration

Mature leaf P concentration

Senesced leaf N concentration

Senesced leaf P concentration

N resorption efficiency

P resorption efficiency

N:P resorption ratio

Plant growth form

30.1***

9.7**

40.2***

43.7***

9.2**

13.0**

8.9**

Shrub cover

0.5

0.1

28.7***

1.5

64.7***

3.3

1.7

Plant growth form × Shrub cover

0.2

1.5

0.9

1.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

  1. *, **, and *** indicate the significant levels at P < 0.05, P < 0.05, and P < 0.001, respectively
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