Flora and Fauna Changes During Conversion from Conventional to Organic Farming

Table 3.2.   The factors included in the simplified anova (based on the anova presented in Table 1.1) of the occurrence of the estimated dry mass of various arthropod groups in June and July. The nature of each factor (fixed/random) and the denominator (error term) used in the test of significance of each factor are stated. Source of variation Fixed / random Denominator in F test   Period Fixed MS (Year(Period)) Year(Period) Random MS (Residual) Crop   Fixed MS (Residual) Crop×Period Fixed MS (Residual) Field Random MS (Dosage×Field) Plot(Field) Random MS (Residual) Residual Random