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Table 4 Response of herbaceous species richness, diversity, and relative abundance to treatments

From: Effect of rangeland rehabilitation on the herbaceous species composition and diversity in Suswa catchment, Narok County, Kenya

 

Relative abundance

Diversity

Richness

 

Grasses

Grasses

Grasses

Treatment

Annual

Perennial

Forbs

Annual

Perennial

Forbs

Annual

Perennial

Forbs

Management

0.340

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.012

< 0.001

0.011

0.020

< 0.001

< 0.001

Slope

0.719

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.240

< 0.001

0.001

0.154

< 0.001

< 0.001

Season

0.032

0.065

< 0.001

0.018

0.73

0.010

0.040

0.043

< 0.001

Management*slope

0.026

0.157

0.070

0.067

< 0.001

0.969

0.056

< 0.001

0.035

Management*season

0.447

0.064

0.081

0.582

0.161

0.106

0.147

0.056

< 0.001

Slope*season

0.106

< 0.001

0.039

0.611

0.007

0.219

0.373

0.062

0.020

Management*slope*season

0.23

0.673

0.118

0.742

0.057

0.383

0.226

0.461

0.067

  1. Probability (significance detected at P < 0.05, highly significant at P < 0.01) > Tukey’s HSD test