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Table 1 Forest structure in Nothofagus forest of Tierra del Fuego, according to forest type (deciduous, mixed, or evergreen) and landscape location (coast or mountain)

From: The influence of canopy-layer composition on understory plant diversity in southern temperate forests

Factor

BA (m2∙ha−1)

N (ind∙ha−1)

DH (m)

MD (cm)

CC (%)

RDR (w∙m−2)

RDF (w∙m−2)

RT (%)

Type

Deciduous

66.55 a

380.68 a

21.97 b

63.19 c

89.98

0.80 a

3.36

12.58

Mixed

77.10 ab

909.87 b

17.65 a

47.98 b

88.32

1.02 b

4.27

15.97

Evergreen

84.50 b

1238.47 b

15.93 a

37.54 a

87.02

0.78 a

3.93

14.20

F(p)

7.12 (0.002)

21.36 (<0.001)

12.31 (<0.001)

33.35 (<0.001)

2.55 (0.088)

3.24 (0.047)

2.99 (0.059)

3.03 (0.057)

Location

Coast

71.37 a

790.02

18.73

51.73

87.37 a

0.87

4.08

14.97

Mountain

80.73 b

895.97

18.31

47.41

89.52 b

0.86

3.62

13.52

F(p)

5.76 (0.020)

0.15 (0.701)

0.17 (0.683)

2.81 (0.100)

4.03 (0.049)

0.02 (0.884)

2.27 (0.138)

1.67 (0.202)

Type × Location

F(p)

5.71 (0.006)

2.61 (0.083)

1.80 (0.175)

0.75 (0.476)

1.73 (0.187)

3.71 (0.031)

0.76 (0.471)

1.22 (0.303)

  1. The studied variables were basal area (BA), density (N), dominant height (DH), diameter at breast height (MD), canopy cover (CC), direct solar radiation (RDR), diffuse radiation (RDF) and total radiation ratio (RT). N was ln transformed to accomplish ANOVA assumptions, but not transformed data are shown
  2. F(p) = Fisher statistic with probability between brackets. Different letters show differences by Tukey test at p < 0.05