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Table 3 Means (+/- standard error) and pairwise comparisons by bolting month for all reproductive traits assessed

From: The continuum between semelparity and iteroparity: plastic expression of parity in response to season length manipulation in Lobelia inflata

 

Mean (by bolting month)

Homogenous Subsets (p < 0.05)

 

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Time from Bolting to First Flower (days)

37.58 (+/- 0.33)

28.91 (+/- 0.34)

24.37 (+/- 0.35)

16.48 (+/- 0.44)

A

B

C

D

Height at First Flower (mm)

126.88 (+/- 3.66)

134.62 (+/- 3.69)

120.59 (+/- 3.79)

119.83 (+/- 4.41)

AB

A

B

B

Flowering Duration (days)

42.79 (+/- 0.53)

30.10 (+/- 0.53)

25.38 (+/- 0.56)

29.11 (+/- 0.69)

A

B

C

B

Number of Branches

1.13 (+/- 0.08)

1.54 (+/- 0.08)

2.14 (+/- 0.08)

2.90 (+/- 0.10)

A

B

C

D

Number of Fruit

30.58 (+/- 1.09)

38.59 (+/- 1.10)

35.23 (+/- 1.13)

43.89 (+/- 1.32)

A

B

C

D

Seed Size (mm)

.318 (+/- .002)

N/A

N/A

.276 (+/- .003)

A

N/A

N/A

B

Seed Number

7920.51 (+/- 162.7)

N/A

N/A

9221.42 (+/- 213.9)

A

N/A

N/A

B

  1. Homogenous subsets indicate pairwise differences assessed using Tukey tests at alpha = 0.05; levels that do not share a letter are significantly different.