Research Article

Interannual Variation in Root Production in Grasslands Affected by Artificially Modified Amount of Rainfall

Table 4

Mean values (±SE) of yearly root increment under different amounts of precipitation (dry, ambient, and wet treatments) recorded in five years (2006–2010): results of one-way ANOVA analysis (NS: not significant, * 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , ** 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 , *** 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 1 ). Different letters denote significantly different values for rhizomes, roots, and total separately (Tukey HSD test ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ) after ANOVA).

YearYearly root increment
DryAmbientWet 𝑃

Lowland grassland

2006 5 8 . 8 ± 1 5 a 1 0 3 . 1 ± 2 8 b 1 0 3 . 2 ± 2 5 b **
2007 6 3 . 8 ± 1 6 a 7 7 . 5 ± 1 7 a 1 3 6 . 0 ± 6 3 b *
2008 4 8 . 5 ± 9 a 5 7 . 6 ± 2 0 a 1 1 0 . 1 ± 2 6 b ***
2009 1 1 0 . 0 ± 1 9 a 1 4 5 . 7 ± 4 3 ab 1 8 2 . 4 ± 5 9 bNS
2010 1 1 2 . 4 ± 3 0 a 1 1 7 . 6 ± 3 9 a 1 1 8 . 1 ± 4 0 aNS

Highland grassland

2006 1 8 2 . 9 ± 3 8 a 1 9 4 . 4 ± 4 1 a 2 1 8 . 6 ± 2 9 aNS
2007 1 6 8 . 6 ± 5 4 a 1 8 0 . 1 ± 5 3 a 1 8 1 . 8 ± 4 4 aNS
2008 1 4 0 . 2 ± 3 0 a 1 3 1 . 9 ± 5 6 a 1 5 9 . 4 ± 3 2 aNS
2009 1 4 4 . 2 ± 4 6 a 1 9 7 . 8 ± 5 0 ab 2 3 5 . 6 ± 5 0 b *
2010 1 2 6 . 0 ± 4 4 a 1 0 9 . 8 ± 2 9 a 1 3 5 . 8 ± 4 9 aNS

Mountain grassland

2006 2 2 5 . 8 ± 6 9 a 2 7 0 . 9 ± 4 4 a 2 7 1 . 0 ± 7 3 aNS
2007 1 3 1 . 0 ± 2 8 a 1 3 8 . 9 ± 7 5 a 1 9 0 . 0 ± 8 3 aNS
2008 1 2 3 . 1 ± 5 9 a 1 2 1 . 4 ± 4 1 a 1 9 4 . 4 ± 4 7 b *
2009 1 8 3 . 5 ± 1 0 0 a 1 6 8 . 0 ± 4 5 a 3 5 4 . 8 ± 1 5 5 b *
2010 1 2 2 . 6 ± 3 4 a 1 1 1 . 0 ± 3 1 a 1 8 0 . 5 ± 2 3 b **