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distribution of residuals f or all c haracteristics m easured. A f our-way f ixed-mo<strong>de</strong>l ANOVA<br />
was us ed t hat i nclu<strong>de</strong>d e ffects of c age, c lipping, pos ition w ithin p lot, a nd pl ant t ype<br />
percentage. The two experiments were analyzed separately because of the different conditions<br />
in t he f irst a nd s econd experiment ( different e xperimental c onditions i nclu<strong>de</strong>s c lipping 1/ 2<br />
versus 1/3 of the leaves, transplanting versus direct sowing, and 2008 versus 2009 year effect).<br />
Tukey’s HSD test was used for multiple comparisons. A contrast test was used to analyze the<br />
effects of c lipping a nd pl ot pos ition on gr owth a nd r eproductive pe rformance. D ata on<br />
flowering date, seed weight, biomass, number of viable seeds, and reproductive in<strong>de</strong>x were<br />
fitted to a linear regression mo<strong>de</strong>l in terms of the plant type percentage, Y= a + b*X, where X<br />
was the percentage (0, 25, 50 and 75 for CP, 25, 50, 75 and 100 for NC). The linear regression<br />
slopes w ere c ompared us ing R s oftware’s Diffslope ( simba) pa ckage ( http://www.r-<br />
project.org/). Regressions were also calculated for total seed weight, biomass and number of<br />
viable seeds per plot. In or<strong>de</strong>r to investigate the difference between NC and CP, relative to the<br />
CP pure stand T0 performance, and according to the percentage of NC, we used the Helmert<br />
Contrast test on the calculated DI= (NCTi-CPTi)/CPT0. All statistic analyses were conducted in<br />
R software.<br />
Results<br />
Effect of simulated herbivory on individuals The 2008 a nd 2009 e xperiments w ere<br />
analyzed s eparately b ecause t he experimental c onditions w ere s o di fferent. In 2009, pl ants<br />
generally p erformed be tter t han i n 2008. S pecifically, t he 2009 pl ants: f lowered l ater,<br />
produced more leaves, had higher seed weight, had higher plant weight, had more biomass,<br />
had more seeds per silique, had more viable seeds, and had higher germination rate. However,<br />
2009 plants had a lower reproductive in<strong>de</strong>x than those in the 2008 e xperiment (Figure 3.5).<br />
Neither silique number nor seed number differed between the two experiments.<br />
Plant position (center ve rsus bor<strong>de</strong>r) w as an important variable in both years (Table<br />
3.5). Plants at the plot bor<strong>de</strong>r produced heavier seeds, greater biomass, and more viable seeds<br />
(but had a lower resource allocation in<strong>de</strong>x) than those in the center (Figure 3.5, Table 3.5). In<br />
2009, plant position did not affect leaf number, flowering date, or germination. There was no<br />
interaction between clipping leaves and plot position in either experiment. The effect of leaf<br />
clipping was much more pronounced in the first experiment; CP plants had lower plant weight,<br />
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