Table 2 Niche comparisons between pairs of shrubs.

From: Mapping the ecological dimensions and potential distributions of endangered relic shrubs in western Ordos biodiversity center

Species a

Species b

Niche overlap

Similarity

Equivalency

A. mongolicus

A. mongolica

0.585

ns

Equivalency

H. songaricum

0.078

Similar*

Different*

P. mongolica

0.148

Similar*

Different*

T. mongolica

0.086

Similar*

Different*

A. mongolica

H. songaricum

0.133

Similar*

Different*

P. mongolica

0.231

Similar*

Different*

T. mongolica

0.107

Similar*

Different*

H. songaricum

P. mongolica

0.266

Similar*

Different*

T. mongolica

0.484

Similar*

Different*

P. mongolica

T. mongolica

0.253

Similar*

Different*

  1. Niche overlap values are presented for the comparisons of niche similarity and equivalency of species a with species b.
  2. *Ecological niches are significantly (P < 0.05) more similar or different than expected by random. ns: not significantly different.