Table 2 Percentage of cover (mean and range) of the different microhabitats types (cryptogams and bare bark) on young branches from young- and old-crown of mature oaks. N = 48.

From: Large body size constrains dispersal assembly of communities even across short distances

 

Young-crown branches

Old-crown branches

Alone

Connected

Alone

Connected

mean (%)

Range

mean (%)

range

mean (%)

range

mean (%)

range

n = 8

n = 16

n = 8

n = 16

Algae

64

(2895)

54

(2093)

60

(2794)

51

(2093)

Crustose lichens

19

(539)

21

(451)

17

(642)

19

(356)

Foliose lichens

2

(06)

2

(05)

2

(0–8)

2

(0–15)

Mosses

<1

(<1)

3

(0–31)

8

(039)

9

(041)

Bare bark

15

(050)

21

(065)

13

(033)

19

(049)