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Table 1 ANOVAs of ground cover (%) for different vegetation types, where plants were discriminated by life forms

From: Forage offering and seasonal intake comparisons to evaluate European rabbit threat in Nothofagus forests of southern Patagonia

Ground cover types

Forests

Shrublands

Grasslands

F (p)

Tree regeneration

2.1 b

0.1 a

0.1 a

7.66 (0.011)

Shrubs

12.5 ab

23.8 b

4.5 a

4.93 (0.036)

Forbs

18.0

23.8

26.6

3.45 (0.077)

Graminoids

3.0 a

40.5 b

59.5 b

12.27 (0.003)

Orchids

2.3

0.0

0.0

Ferns

6.6

4.5

0.6

1.15 (0.358)

Bryophytes

7.5

4.5

3.8

1.37 (0.301)

Total vegetation

51.9 a

97.3 b

95.0 b

14.79 (0.001)

Woody debris

11.3 b

0.5 a

0.0 a

66.86 (< 0.001)

Bare soil

36.8 b

2.3 a

5.0 a

14.77 (0.031)

  1. Different letters in each row indicate significant differences between vegetation types (Tukey test at p < 0.05)
  2. F (p) = Fisher test and significance between brackets. Different letters in each row indicate significant differences between vegetation types (Tukey test at p < 0.05). Data of shrubs were square-root transformed, but not transformed data are shown