Table 5 Understory index by groups (bare soil, debris, lichens, bryophytes, ferns, monocots and dicots) in Nothofagus forests, considering forest type (deciduous, mixed or evergreen) and landscape location (coast or mountain)

12.9 a

6.0 a

0.2

2.5 a

2.8 b

3.8 b

34.5

26.7 b

11.0 b

0.7

10.7 b

0.2 a

2.4 ab

25.9

33.7 b

10.5 b

0.5

13.5 b

0.2 a

1.4 a

28.4

10.22 (<0.001)

6.24 (0.004)

1.92 (0.157)

29.74 (<0.001)

4.60 (0.014)

3.88 (0.027)

2.53 (0.089)

32.2 b

11.0 b

0.8 b

5.4 a

2.0 b

1.5 a

30.5

16.7 a

7.4 a

0.1 a

12.5 b

0.1 a

3.5 b

28.7

16.36 (<0.001)

7.54 (0.008)

11.75 (0.001)

34.66 (<0.001)

6.00 (0.018)

7.52 (0.008)

0.33 (0.570)

0.19 (0.830)

0.40 (0.669)

1.57 (0.216)

10.62 (<0.001)

4.63 (0.014)

1.17 (0.319)

1.14 (0.327)