Table 4 Environmental variables 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
Exotic Woodland | Natural Forest | Production Forest | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | Pico | São Miguel | Terceira | |||||||||||
ALT (m) | m | 272.4 | a | 349.8 | ab | 202.2 | a | 683.8 | de | 616.2 | cde | 711.1 | e | 491.7 | bc | 538.3 | cde | 507.9 | bcd |
se | 13.7 | 44.6 | 37.6 | 57.7 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 47.9 | 55.0 | 35.4 | ||||||||||
TMEA (ºC) | m | 16.7 | d | 15.2 | bc | 16.5 | cd | 13.8 | ab | 13.1 | a | 13.0 | a | 15.1 | bc | 13.6 | a | 14.3 | ab |
se | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
PMEA (mm) | m | 2059.1 | abc | 1644.8 | ab | 1254.5 | a | 3117.1 | d | 2616.5 | cd | 2695.4 | cd | 2732.7 | cd | 2349.5 | bcd | 2208.6 | bc |
se | 214.1 | 159.7 | 82.7 | 267.5 | 158.9 | 135.3 | 249.1 | 179.8 | 116.3 | ||||||||||
RHMEA (%) | m | 87.7 | a | 91.8 | b | 90.0 | ab | 95.4 | cd | 95.8 | cd | 97.9 | d | 92.4 | bc | 95.5 | cd | 95.8 | cd |
se | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||||||||||
