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 | (28–95) | 54 | (20–93) | 60 | (27–94) | 51 | (20–93) |
Crustose lichens | 19 | (5–39) | 21 | (4–51) | 17 | (6–42) | 19 | (3–56) |
Foliose lichens | 2 | (0–6) | 2 | (0–5) | 2 | (0–8) | 2 | (0–15) |
Mosses | <1 | (<1) | 3 | (0–31) | 8 | (0–39) | 9 | (0–41) |
Bare bark | 15 | (0–50) | 21 | (0–65) | 13 | (0–33) | 19 | (0–49) |