Appendix for ONLINE PUBLICATION ONLY

Appendix FOR ONLINE PUBLICATION ONLY

Appendix Figure A1: Temporal patterns of soil CO2emissions, soil temperature and soil moisture. A: Average of all soil CO2emission, soil temperature and soil moisture measurements collected during a sampling week (regardless of treatment or vegetation type). B: Relationship between soil CO2emissions and soil temperature, C: relationship between soil CO2emission and soil moisture. Note that one soil moisture value for 2009 is not available as the TDR was broken. Dates represent start of a sampling week; data collection for all the 18 sites was completed within three to five days (depending on weather conditions) for each measuring campaign.

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Appendix Figure A2: Treatment effects for the two different vegetation types separately. A) soil temperature, B) soil moisture, C) root biomass, and D) soil MBC. Values represent means ± standard error. Normal font letters indicate differences between the short-grass treatments; bold letters indicate differences for the tall-grass treatments. Different letters represent significantly different values (α = 0.05).

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Appendix Table A1: Comparison of the Impact of Exclosure Construction versus Invertebrate Exclusion on Different Ecosystem Parameters Measured

For detailed description of the “None“,”Micro-climate control“ and“Invertebrates“ exclosures see text. Values represent means (and SE) of all measurements collected. Superscript letters represent statistically different values (α = 0.05).

Appendix Table A2: Average Number of Ungulate Pellet Groups 100 m-2, Number of Marmots Counted, and Average Number of Grasshoppers m-2 at Each Site for Summer 2009 and 2010

Appendix table A3: Statistical Results from the Linear Mixed Model Approach

df = degrees of freedom