Table 2 Effects of environmental drivers on pairwise dissimilarity of the Bray-Curtis (βBC) index and its partitioned components (balanced variation in abundance, βBC.BAL; abundance gradients βBC.GRA) for all grain cell sample sizes in the 15-ha Nonggang plot. Spearman correlation coefficients and significance levels resulting from the Mantel test are indicated.

From: Partitioning beta diversity in a tropical karst seasonal rainforest in Southern China

Cell size

2011

2016

βBC

βBC.BAL

βBC.GRA

βBC

βBC.BAL

βBC.GRA

10

0.4229***

0.4175***

−0.2778

0.4229***

0.4175***

−0.301

20

0.5756***

0.5692***

−0.3184

0.5797***

0.5746***

−0.3321

25

0.6111***

0.6044***

−0.3146

0.6111***

0.6044***

−0.3741

30

0.6202***

0.6209***

−0.3594

0.6202***

0.6209***

−0.4183

40

0.6686***

0.6674***

−0.3788

0.6686***

0.6674***

−0.445

50

0.6538***

0.649***

−0.3345

0.6538***

0.649***

−0.4086

60

0.6533***

0.6425***

−0.3232

0.6533***

0.6425***

−0.3953

  1. ***P < 0.001.