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Table 7 Test results for random effects meta-analyses for five intervention/exposure categories with sufficient data

From: Evaluating effects of land management on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon balances in boreo-temperate lowland peatland systems

Intervention/exposure-vs-comparator

Measured outcome

No. studies

SEE1

SE

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

Description

p-value*

T2(±SE)

Test for Heterogeneity; Q(df), p-value

Drained-vs-undrained

NEE

3

116

161

−200

431

Greater in drained

0.473

7.40x103 (±77.8x103)

85.3(2), <0.001

Reco

10

125

60.2

6.71

243

Greater in drained

0.038*

31.1x103 (±16.9x103)

150(9), <0.001

CH4

9

−0.126

0.066

−0.254

0.003

Greater in undrained

0.055

0.000 (±0.016)

12.8(8), 0.119

N2O

5

0.008

0.004

0.001

0.016

Greater in drained

0.033*

0.000 (±0.0001)

2.33(4), 0.676

DOC

5

27.3

14.0

−0.099

54.7

Greater in drained

0.051

839 (±677)

134(4), <0.001

Dry-vs-wet

N2O

3

0.221

0.103

0.019

0.424

Greater in dry

0.032*

0.018 (±0.032)

5.46(2), 0.065

Grazed-vs-mown

CH4

3

−5.39

4.40

−14.0

3.23

Greater in grazed

0.220

44.4 (±58.8)

8.71(2), 0.013

Restored-vs-unrestored

Reco

3

48.7

104

−155

253

Greater in restored

0.640

20.0x103 (±33.7x103)

5.89(2), 0.053

CH4

4

0.248

0.101

0.052

0.446

Greater in restored

0.014*

0.000 (±0.053)

1.18(3), 0.759

DOC

6

15.6

11.6

−7.20

38.3

Greater in restored

0.180

622 (±497)

26.1(5), <0.001

High intensity farmed-vs-low intensity farmed

CH4

4

−0.004

0.004

−0.011

0.004

Greater in low intensity farmed

0.349

0.000 (±0.0003)

3.51(3), 0.314

N2O

5

0.143

0.100

−0.053

0.340

Greater in high intensity farmed

0.153

0.043 (±0.035)

18.0(4), 0.001

  1. 1Units: CH4=mg CH4 m-2 h-1, DOC=mg l-1, N2O=mg N2O m-2 h-1, NEE and Reco=mg CO2 m-2 h-1.
  2. Negative ‘summary effect estimates’ indicate a greater value for the control than the intervention and vice versa. SEE=summary effect estimate. SE=standard error, CI=confidence interval, T2=estimate of tau-squared, inter-study variability. ‘*’ indicates significance at α=0.05, ‘.’ indicates marginal significance. NEE=net ecosystem exchange CO2, Reco=ecosystem respiration CO2, DOC=dissolved organic carbon.