Acorn size is more important than nursery fertilization for outplanting performance of Quercus variabilis container seedlings

Table 4 Statistical results on the effects of acorn mass (AS), nursery fertilization (NF), field Blocks and their interactions on the survival of Quercus variabilis seedling one and two years after planting

Variable/Interaction	df	Survival after year 1		Survival after year 2
Variable/Interaction	df	χ ²	p	χ ²	p
Acorn mass (AS)	2	1894	<0.001	2383	<0.001
Nursery fertilization (NF)	1	0.78	0.38	0.009	0.92
Block	4	4845	0.30	304	0.55
AS × NF	2	0.41	0.81	0.85	0.65
AS × Block	8	536	0.72	556	0.69
NF × Block	4	256	0.63	182	0.77
AS × NF × Block	8	839	0.40	135	0.99

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