Figure 2 : Performance variables of Taraxacum officinaleplants from nine introduced populations collected along a latitudinal
gradient in Chile that were grown in soil with three manipulated
microbiome treatments: control unsterilized soil
[M+], sterilized [M-], and
sterilized and reinoculated [Mr]). Performance was
estimated in terms of a) survival (%), b) biomass (g) and c) number of
flowers (n). In addition, a combined response was also calculated
through an integrated “performance index” (d). The ”overall
performance” variable is estimated through an integrated “performance
index” (See Materials and Methods). The solid trend line and the shadow
areas constitute the best fit of the corresponding LMM model and their
respective confidence intervals (95 %). Each point corresponds to a
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