only marginally significantP = 0.076
The fertility zone effect on dwarf shrub dry mass was only marginally significant ( P = 0.076), but the trend was the same, i.e. a higher biomass in the eutrophic (47 ± 20 g m − 2 ) than oligotrophic zone (18 ± 6 g m − 2 ) with an intermediate mass in the mesotrophic zone (27 ± 5 g m − 2 ).