Fig. 2

Community composition and vegetation structure of the plots in each of the three stations. Panel A. shows the results of a non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis with the position of each of the plots based on their compositional similarity. The closer the two points are together, the more similar they are. Species in the figure show to which plots these species are mostly associated. Panels B—G are boxplots showing the differences in tree height, Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), tree abundance (Basal Area), vertical vegetation structure (SD tree height), carbon stock (Mg) and diversity by station, respectively. Low Salinity corresponds to Rio, Medium Salinity to Mar and High Salinity to Laguna. Colors in the boxplots follow the colors in Panel A. In the boxplots, the upper and lower limits of the box represent the 25^th and 75^th percentiles and the solid line within the plot shows the median of the distribution of the variable. The upper and lower limits of the error bars show the 10^th and 90^th quartile. Finally, points outside the box and the error bars show outlier observations from the distribution.