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Figure 3 | Ecological Processes

Figure 3

From: Long-term changes in biological soil crust cover and composition

Figure 3

Proportional loss, gain, and turnover of taxa between 1999 and 2010. Proportional loss was significantly affected by (A) time since fire (TSF) (t = 6.6, P < 0.001) and by (B) change in Bromus tectorum cover between 1999 and 2010 (t = 3.6, P < 0.001). Proportional gain was significantly affected by (C) change in B. tectorum cover between 1999 and 2010 (t = 3.2, P = 0.002) and by (D) exclosure treatment (t = − 2.5, P = 0.016). Proportional turnover was affected by (E) time since fire (t = − 6.1, P < 0.001) and by (F) exclosure treatment (t = − 3.0, P = 0.007). Relationships are not shown here if they were not statistically significant; all relationships are shown in Additional file 2. Each box denotes the first and third quartiles of the data with the median as a thick line near the center and whiskers extending to 1.5 interquartile distances. Observations beyond 1.5 interquartile distances from the median are shown as individual points. The gray horizontal line indicates zero change.

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