Ecological Processes

Table 3 Jaccard’s coefficient of similarity between soil seed banks and understory vegetation under the inside canopy (IC) and outside canopy (OC) at Acacia robusta (AR), Balanites aegyptiaca (BA), and Ziziphus spina (ZS) at Babile Elephant Sanctuary, eastern Ethiopia

From: Tree species determine soil seed bank composition and its similarity with understory vegetation in a semi-arid African savanna

	Soil seed banks						Understory vegetation
	AR		BA		ZS		AR		BA		ZS
	IC	OC	IC	OC	IC	OC	IC	OC	IC	OC	IC	OC
Soil seed banks
ARIC	–
AROC	0.487	–
BAIC	0.488	0.475	–
BAOC	0.415	0.400	0.512	–
ZSIC	0.563	0.490	0.462	0.377	–
ZSOC	0.375	0.472	0.436	0.359	0.458	–
Understory vegetation
ARIC	0.284	0.235	0.279	0.254	0.365	0.210	–
AROC	0.350	0.254	0.367	0.302	0.352	0.226	0.551	–
BAIC	0.379	0.300	0.421	0.300	0.377	0.229	0.514	0.578	–
BAOC	0.297	0.209	0.313	0.266	0.289	0.164	0.535	0.600	0.600	–
ZSIC	0.322	0.330	0.338	0.288	0.453	0.281	0.465	0.435	0.441	0.507	–
ZSOC	0.321	0.263	0.339	0.286	0.413	0.232	0.515	0.462	0.470	0.565	0.740	–

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