Table 3 Community structure of artificial forest plot and giant panda habitat plot.

From: Comparing the plant diversity between artificial forest and nature growth forest in a giant panda habitat

Variables

Mean (SD)

F or Z value

P value

Artificial forest plot

Giant panda habitat plot

Tree number

46.6(26.0)

18.4(8.8)

−2.51

0.01

Tree size

17.8(5.0)

25.4(8.0)

7.81

0.01

Shrub number

34.1(29.2)

56.0(35.1)

−1.53

0.13

Shrub size

5.6(1.9)

3.8(0.9)

9.09

0.01

Regeneration number

23.3(23.0)

15.0(18.1)

−0.78

0.43

Regeneration height

69.2(24.8)

57.5(19.9)

1.35

0.26

Regeneration size

6.4(2.5)

6.6(3.1)

0.02

0.88

Bamboo clump number

5.7(13.4)

107.1(39.2)

−4.21

0.00

Bamboo clump height

107.0(18.9)

245.6(46.1)

−2.60

0.01

Bamboo size

5.0(1.3)

8.7(1.7)

−2.60

0.01