Managing native grasslands – Data
Note that the data file only includes dry weight data from the second harvest. Although John’s primary interest was in the native flowers (species 3 to 14), he also recorded the dry weight of the three grasses (species 1, 2 and 15).
Definition of species and treatment variables in data file
| Species Number | Species name | Common name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austrodanthonia caespitosa | Wallaby grass |
| 2 | Themeda triandra | Kangaroo grass |
| 3 | Wahlenbergia stricta | Australian bluebell |
| 4 | Pycnosorus chrysanthes | Golden billy buttons |
| 5 | Leucochrysum albicans | Hoary sunray |
| 6 | Helichrysum scorpiodes | Button everlasting |
| 7 | Bulbine bulbosa | Native lily |
| 8 | Linum marginale | Native flax |
| 9 | Arthropodium strictum | Chocolate lily |
| 10 | Chrysocephalum apiculatum | Common everlasting yellow buttons |
| 11 | Calocephalus citreus | Lemon beauty heads |
| 12 | Craspedia variabilis | Common billy-buttons |
| 13 | Velleia paradoxa | Spur velleia |
| 14 | Podolepis jaceoides | Showy copper-wire daisy |
| 15 | Microlaena stipoides | Weeping grass |
| Combined Nutrient and Mowing treatment | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Treatment A – high nutrients and annual mowing |
| 2 | Treatment B – high nutrients and biennial mowing |
| 3 | Treatment C – low nutrients and annual mowing |
| 4 | Treatment D – low nutrients and biennial mowing |
Definition of remaining variables in data file
| Row | Row in latin square |
|---|---|
| Column | Column in latin square |
| Weight | Dry weight in grams |
| Mowing | Mowing treatment: 1 = annual, 0 = biennial |
| Nutrient | Nutrient treatment: 1 = high nutrients, 0 = low nutrients |
| T1 | Treatment (Species 1) |
| R1 | Row in latin square (Species 1) |
| C1 | Column in latin square (Species 1) |
| W1 | Dry weight in grams of Species 1 |
| M1 | Mowing treatment (Species 1) |
| N1 | Nutrient treatment (Species 1) |
| T2 | Treatment (Species 2) |
| R2 | Row in latin square (Species 2) |
| C2 | Column in latin square (Species 2) |
| W2 | Dry weight in grams of Species 2 |
| M2 | Mowing treatment (Species 2) |
| N2 | Nutrient treatment (Species 2) |
| T8 | Treatment (Species 8) |
| R8 | Row in latin square (Species 8) |
| C8 | Column in latin square (Species 8) |
| W8 | Dry weight in grams of Species 8 |
| M8 | Mowing treatment (Species 8) |
| N8 | Nutrient treatment (Species 8) |
| T15 | Treatment (Species 15) |
| R15 | Row in latin square (Species 15) |
| C15 | Column in latin square (Species 15) |
| W15 | Dry weight in grams of Species 15 |
| M15 | Mowing treatment (Species 15) |
| N15 | Nutrient treatment (Species 15) |