Fig. 5

One-way ANOVAs comparing the potential biodiversity (L < 51, M = 51–62, H > 62) for the nine explanatory environmental variables used for habitat modelling of plant species. The dotted line indicates the mean value for Santa Cruz Province. F-value and probability (between brackets) are presented for each analysis, where different letters showed significant differences among categories of potential biodiversity using the Tukey test at p < 0.05. The numbers in the boxes indicate how many times the variable was used for modelling each plant species. AMT, annual mean temperature (°C); MAXWM, max temperature of the warmest month (°C); MINCM, min temperature of the coldest month (°C); AP, annual precipitation (mm year⁻¹). In brown colour: ELE, elevation (m.a.s.l.); DLK, distance to lakes (km); DR, distance to rivers (km); EVTP, global potential evapotranspiration (mm year⁻¹); NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index