Table 2 Plant taxonomic diversity found at 90 forests in the Azores, from three islands (Pico, São Miguel, and Terceira) and three forest types (Exotic Woodland, Natural Forest, and Production Forest).
From: Taxonomic, structural diversity and carbon stocks in a gradient of island forests
Diversity | Exotic Woodland | Natural Forest | Production Forest | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | |||||||||||
α | m | 4.8 | a | 7.1 | a | 3.8 | a | 20.6 | b | 16.8 | b | 16.3 | b | 4.2 | a | 5.7 | a | 3.4 | a |
se | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
β | m | 1.8 | a | 4.2 | bcd | 1.6 | a | 6.9 | e | 6.4 | de | 4.9 | cde | 2.2 | ab | 3.1 | abc | 2.4 | ab |
se | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
γ | m | 6.6 | a | 11.3 | a | 5.4 | a | 27.5 | c | 23.2 | bc | 21.2 | b | 6.4 | a | 8.8 | a | 5.8 | a |
se | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
H | m | 1.5 | abc | 1.9 | c | 1.3 | ab | 3.0 | d | 2.8 | d | 2.8 | d | 1.3 | ab | 1.6 | bc | 1.1 | a |
se | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
E | m | 0.8 | cd | 0.8 | bcd | 0.8 | abc | 0.9 | d | 0.9 | d | 0.9 | d | 0.7 | ab | 0.8 | abc | 0.7 | a |
se | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
