Table 2 Species richness and density of trees, shrubs and herbs between bamboo and non-bamboo plots.

From: Maling bamboo (Yushania maling) overdominance alters forest structure and composition in Khangchendzonga landscape, Eastern Himalaya

Parameters

Mean ± SE

tvalue

Pvalue

Bamboo plots (Bamboo density = 300.08 ± 32.69; n = 51)

Non-Bamboo plots (Bamboo density = 0; n = 18)

Species richness (100 m2)

  

Trees

2.61 ± 0.18

2.28 ± 0.39

0.779

0.444

Shrubs

1.39 ± 0.14

4.22 ± 0.48

5.565

0.0001

Herbs

3.80 ± 0.39

6.44 ± 0.67

3.398

0.002

Density (100 m2)

Trees

5.75 ± 0.65

9.11 ± 1.95

1.642

0.115

Shrubs

14.27 ± 2.60

79.11 ± 22.82

2.832

0.012

Herbs

1710.78 ± 328.48

3936.11 ± 912.77

2.794

0.032

  1. Mean values ± SE of the vegetation parameters calculated and compared between bamboo and non-bamboo plots using t-test for independence samples assuming unequal variance.
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