Table 1 Multiple pairwise comparisons of the MRPP statistics of the cluster groups (A–G) of 86 sample plots in the studied areas based on Bray–Curtis’s distance.

Group compared	T	A	P
A vs. B	− 8.28	0.11	0.00000054**
A vs. C	− 8–10	0.14	0.00000207**
A vs. D	− 9.09	0.15	0.00000060**
A vs. E	− 9.40	0.08	0.00000011**
A vs. F	− 11.44	0.24	0.00000098**
A vs. G	− 17.87	0.18	0.00000010**
B vs. C	− 6.50	0.17	0.00005549**
B vs. D	− 8.62	0.19	0.00000516**
B vs. E	− 9.34	0.11	0.00000026**
B vs. F	− 10.02	0.31	0.00000734**
B vs. G	− 17.70	0.23	0.00000010**
C vs. D	− 6.07	0.18	0.00012369**
C vs. E	− 8.65	0.12	0.00000118**
C vs. F	− 7.88	0.35	0.00013909**
C vs. G	− 14.87	0.21	0.00000001**
D vs. E	− 9.75	0.12	0.00000014**
D vs. F	− 8.93	0.31	0.00003623**
D vs. G	− 14.96	0.19	0.00000010**
E vs. F	− 7.80	0.11	0.00000478**
E vs. G	− 12.42	0.09	0.00000011**
F vs. G	− 10–72	0.15	0.00000027**

A = change-corrected within group agreement, T = difference between the observed and expected deltas, ** = p < 0.01.

Quick links

Search