Table 4 Understory ground cover by taxonomic groups in Nothofagus forests of Tierra del Fuego, according to forest type (deciduous, mixed, or evergreen) and landscape location (coast or mountain)

0.60

7.25 a

10.80 b

12.85 b

106.00 b

0.90

19.10 b

0.30 a

3.95 a

38.75 a

0.65

27.00 c

0.40 a

3.20 a

45.55 a

0.41 (0.663)

23.22 (<0.001)

10.33 (<0.001)

14.07 (<0.001)

11.04 (<0.001)

1.00 b

8.33 a

6.67

2.87 a

50.10 a

0.43 a

27.23 b

1.00

10.47 b

76.77 b

5.56 (0.022)

67.05 (<0.001)

3.34 (0.073)

15.96 (<0.001)

4.70 (0.034)

5.46 (0.007)

4.34 (0.018)

1.57 (0.218)

1.46 (0.241)

1.47 (0.240)