Differential Effects of Lichens versus Liverworts Epiphylls on Host Leaf Traits in the Tropical Montane Rainforest, Hainan Island, China

Table 2

Effects of epiphyllous coverage (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%), epiphyllous groups (groups: liverworts and lichens), and treatment of removal (preremoval and postremoval) on photosynthetic parameters: respiration rate (𝑅), maximum rates of photosynthesis (𝑃_max), light compensation point (LCP), and light saturation point (LSP) of Photinia prunifolia in JNNR.

Source	df	𝑅	𝑃max	LCP	LSP
Groups	1	0.88^ns	3.86^ns	20.6***	16.0***
Coverage	4	1.68^ns	18.5***	0.556^ns	10.2***
Removal	1	8.46**	29.1***	0.120^ns	1.14^ns
Groups × coverage	4	2.90*	1.20^ns	6.65***	18.6***
Coverage × removal	4	1.60^ns	5.91***	0.566^ns	2.32^ns
Groups × removal	1	8.34**	2.15^ns	1.15^ns	6.49*
Groups × coverage × removal	4	5.70***	2.05^ns	0.239^ns	2.31^ns

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001, ^nsNot significant.