Regression equations of heterotrophic respiration (R_h) with temperature under different moisture treatments.

a<p>%WHC: percent of water holding capacity.</p>b<p>R_h represents soil heterotrophic respiration rate and T represents temperature.</p>c<p>R² is the coefficient of determination; * and ** indicate significance at P≤0.05 and P≤0.01, respectively.</p

Responses of soil heterotrophic respiration (R_h) to changes in soil temperature after 7 (A), 30 (B), and 90 (C) days of incubation.

<p>Each data point is the mean of four replicates under each soil moisture treatment. Error bars represent standard errors (n = 4).</p

Correlations between Q₁₀ and soil microbial and chemical properties.

<p>MBC: microbial biomass carbon, DOC: dissolved organic carbon, TP: total phosphorus, and F:B: ratio of fungi to bacteria. r is the correlation coefficient. P is the significance level.</p

Appendix B. A table of variables extracted from each of the papers.

A table of variables extracted from each of the papers

Changes of Q₁₀ and R_h with incubation time at different soil moisture treatments.

<p>The Q₁₀ regression functions are quadratic for 20%, 40% and 60% WHC and cubic for 80% and 100% WHC. Error bars (n = 4) represent standard deviations. R² is the coefficient of determination. P is the significance level.</p

Repeated-measures ANOVA for the temperature and time effects on R_h under different soil moisture treatments.

a<p>%WHC: percent of water holding capacity.</p

Results of ANOVA for the effects of time (date of litter collection), site, and treatment (LT, OD, or LB) on the total mass of intercepted litterfall (experiment 1).

<p>Note: LT refers to litter collected on nylon sheets (litter traps); OD refers to litter collected on natural <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage; LB refers to litter collected on <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage with baffles on the plot borders that prevented the horizontal movement of the litter.</p

Results of ANOVAs for the effects of time (date of litter collection), site, and height (position in the understory canopy: from 0–50 vs. 50–100 cm from the ground) on the total mass of litter intercepted by the canopy in the OD treatment (litter collected on natural <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage) and the LB treatment (litter collected on <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage with baffles on the plot borders that prevented the horizontal movement of litter) (experiment 1).

<p>Results of ANOVAs for the effects of time (date of litter collection), site, and height (position in the understory canopy: from 0–50 vs. 50–100 cm from the ground) on the total mass of litter intercepted by the canopy in the OD treatment (litter collected on natural <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage) and the LB treatment (litter collected on <i>D. dichotoma</i> foliage with baffles on the plot borders that prevented the horizontal movement of litter) (experiment 1).</p

Results of ANOVA for the effects of season (wet vs. dry), site, litter (+), understory (+), and their interactions on the soil respiration rate.

<p>Results of ANOVA for the effects of season (wet vs. dry), site, litter (<u>+</u>), understory (<u>+</u>), and their interactions on the soil respiration rate.</p

The dominant understory species and its coverage, standing litter biomass, soil properties, and light penetration at the two plantations.

<p>Values are means ± standard errors and are based on data collected just before the experiment began and from plots where vegetation and litter were not removed.</p><p>Means in a column followed by different letters are significantly different (<i>p</i><0.05) according to t-test. EP, <i>Eucalyptus</i> plantation; NP, Native species plantation.</p