Results from the multi- and univariate means analyses between selected tree-habitat characteristics and tree mortality patterns (alive/dead) of the Bloor Street trees, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with significant values in bold (analyses performed on subsample, n = 57, except otherwise indicated).
| Variable | Mean of rating (±standard error) | MANOVA | Means analysis (P-values) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive | Dead | F | P-value | One-way ANOVA | Two-tailed t-test | Mann-Whitney test | |
| Ca (ppm) | 3343.34 (±170.22) | 2845.50 (±219.07) | 3.31 | 0.074 | 0.074 | 0.079 | 0.058 |
| DBH (cm) | 9.91 (±0.25) | 8.46 (±0.29) | 4.75 | 0.034 | <0.001z | <0.001z | 0.002z |
| EC (dS/m) | 0.49 (±0.05) | 0.69 (±0.07) | 5.66 | 0.021 | 0.021y | 0.017 | 0.032 |
| Mg (ppm) | 187.57 (±10.40) | 160.34 (±12.65) | 4.21 | 0.045 | 0.101 | <0.001 | 0.031 |
| Na (ppm) | 570.87 (±71.31) | 847.40 (±138.91) | 4.63 | 0.036 | 0.015y | <0.001 | 0.112 |
| pH | 8.23 (±0.14) | 8.13 (±0.13) | 0.26 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.73 |