Research Article

Size-Dependent Flowering in relation to Grazing in a Short-Lived Monocarpic Perennial

Table 3

Results of the logistic regression using maximum likelihood estimates for the relationship between plant size, plant growth, number of neighbours in an area of 30 cm radius, and flowering probability. WG+ = paddocks with winter grazing; WG− = paddocks without winter grazing. μ = intercept; , , and = regression coefficients of size, growth, and number of neighbours, respectively.

ParameterMaximum likelihood estimatesS.E. values

WG+
 μ −5.117 0.791 0.000
0.405 0.092 0.000
0.152 0.060 0.011
0.395 0.129 0.001
WG−
 μ −4.418 0.759 0.000
0.187 0.079 0.016
0.317 0.118 0.008
−0.031 0.291 0.914
WG+ WG− comparison
 Test statistic () 8.758
value 0.005