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Table 3 Summary of analyses of variance showing the mean squares for estimated volume before and after the second thinning operation in two under-canopy vegetation control pine trials in South Africa

From: Impacts of under-canopy vegetation on stand growth in two pine saw-timber stands, South Africa

Dargle (P. patula)

Kwambonambi (P. tecunumanii)

Source of variation

df

Volume (m3 ha−1)

Source of variation

df

Volume (m3 ha−1)

Before thinning

After thinning

Before thinning

After thinning

Row

4

1346.2

669.0

Rep

5

962.0

774.6

Columns

4

1375.3

668.5

Treatment

4

1452.0ns

776.0ns

Treatment

4

900.8ns

633.8ns

Residual

20

1425.0

392.7

Residual

12

974.8

611.9

Total

29

  

Total

24

      

Summary of data

Summary of data

Grand mean

257.8

187.7

Grand mean

321.7

251.2

Coefficient of variation (units)

12.1

13.2

Coefficient of variation (units)

11.7

7.9

Standard error of the difference

19.8

15.7

Standard error of the difference

21.8

11.4

Shapiro-Wilk test for normality

0.94ns

0.98ns

Shapiro-Wilk test for normality

0.98ns

0.97ns

Bartlett’s test for homogeneity of variance (Chi-square for 4 df)

2.80ns

4.11ns

Bartlett’s test for homogeneity of variance (Chi-square for 4 df)

3.37ns

2.87ns

  1. Note: ns denotes non-significance