Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US

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Life span

147

22.827

<0.0001

38.9695 <0.0001

37.5581 <0.0001

20.5218 <0.0001

Medium vs. long

31.333 (5.778–169.899)

71.250 (10.793–470.342)

39.428 (6.681–232.696)

31.330 (5.778–169.885)

Short vs. long

10.123 (3.337–30.706)

35.625 (10.970–116.357)

17.781 (6.596–47.937

8.057 (2.615–24.827)

Low mean seed mass

64

0.0056

0.9404

0.993 (0.815–1.208)

2.9032

0.0884

0.831 (0.672–1.028)

1.0911

0.2962

0.899 (0.737–1.1097)

0.0877

0.7671

0.969 (0.785–1.195)

High max. awn length

147

11.5794 0.0007

1.123 (1.051–1.201)

12.6954 0.0004

1.138 (1.060–1.222

12.3416 0.0004

1.134 (1.057–1.216)

10.6148 0.0011

1.110 (1.042–1.182)

Ploidy

92

8.3911

0.0151

8.5254

0.0141

7.5350

0.0231

3.0221

0.2207

Both vs. diploid

8.666 (1.948–38.562)

8.214 (1.955–34.510)

7.200 (1.753–29.567)

3.611 (0.792–16.472)

Both vs. polyploid

4.000 (1.153–13.876)

5.000 (1.355–18.450)

3.000 (0.869–10.363)

1.496 (0.422–5.300)

Polyploid vs. diploid

2.167 (0.628–7.479)

1.643 0.582–4.635)

2.400 (0.824–6.987

2.414 (0.706–8.261)

Human use Used for hay/forage/revegetation

147

15.2639 <0.0001

6.427 (2.527–16.345)

11.2623 0.0008

4.133 (1.805–9.468)

12.2860 0.0005

4.322 (1.908–9.835)

14.2934 0.0002

6.406 (2.446–16.777)