International Journal of Ecology / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
The Effect of Timing of Grassland Management on Plant Reproduction Table 2 Mean relative fruit production of 28 species occurring in five or more plots per the two grazing regimes: continuous stocking and late grazing, in the grassland Harpsund, see text for details. Differences between grazing regimes are tested using the Mann-Whitney
-test.
-values show the number of plots in which the species were present.
Species
Continuous
Late
Mean (SE)
Mean (SE) Agrostis capillaris 19 0.24 (0.07) 20 0.52 (0.06) 91.0 0.005 Alchemilla sp.9 0.01 (0.01) 13 0.29 (0.09) 24.0 0.014 Anthoxanthum odoratum 9 0.54 (0.15) 20 0.95 (0.04) 48.0 0.048 Helictotrichon pubescens 14 0.54 (0.09) 13 0.77 (0.11) 50.5 0.048 Carex caryophyllea 5 0.11 (0.07) 8 0.49 (0.25) 12.5 0.250 Cerastium fontanum 15 0.08 (0.04) 16 0.77 (0.11) 29.5 <0.001 Dactylis glomerata 5 0.27 (0.12) 9 0.52 (0.15) 15.0 0.310 Deschampsia caespitosa 5 0.31 (0.14) 5 0.55 (0.20) 8.50 0.400 Festuca pratensis 12 0.45 (0.13) 13 0.84 (0.14) 45.5 0.073 Festuca rubra 19 0.19 (0.05) 19 0.75 (0.086) 50.5 <0.001 Filipendula vulgaris 7 0.20 (0.14) 6 0.47 (0.18) 13.5 0.260 Lotus corniculatus 14 0.04 (0.02) 18 0.19 (0.059) 74.0 0.039 Luzula campestris 15 0.55 (0.10) 19 0.77 (0.04) 99.5 0.140 Phleum pratense 9 0.63 (0.15) 10 0.75 (0.09) 40.5 0.710 Plantago lanceolata 16 0.22 (0.07) 20 0.61 (0.05) 37.0 <0.001 Poa pratensis 20 0.16 (0.06) 11 0.70 (0.10) 31.0 0.001 Potentilla erecta 6 0.05 (0.05) 17 0.13 (0.04) 30.0 0.120 Primula veris 5 0 (0) 10 0.51 (0.13) 7.50 0.020 Ranunculus auricomus 13 0.32 (0.11) 8 0.57 (0.17) 33.0 0.160 Ranunculus polyanthemos 17 0.33 (0.09) 14 0.78 (0.08) 39.0 0.001 Rumex acetosa 16 0.32 (0.10) 12 0.83 (0.09) 40.0 0.008 Stellaria graminea 16 0.08 (0.04) 7 0 (0) 38.5 0.100 Taraxacum sp.9 0.83 (0.11) 6 1.00 (0) 6.0 0.013 Trifolium medium 8 0.11 (0.06) 17 0.47 (0.09) 28.5 0.018 Trifolium pratense 17 0.11 (0.04) 20 0.69 (0.07) 23.0 <0.001 Trifolium repens 17 0.07 (0.02) 18 0.09 (0.03) 148.0 0.860 Veronica chamaedrys 19 0.06 (0.23) 17 0.17 (0.06) 128.5 0.230 Vicia cracca 6 0.10 (0.06) 8 0.16 (0.12) 23.0 0.870