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Table 4 Diagnostic, constant, and dominant species on components of RPM complexes

From: Diversity and composition of moss guilds on uprooted trees in Central European mountain forests: effects of uprooting components and environmental variables

 

Diagnostic

Constant

Dominant

Root plates

Tetraphis pellucida 17.5

Dicranella heteromalla 70

Pohlia nutans 39

Polytrichastrum formosum 71

Tetraphis pellucida 37

Polytrichastrum formosum 24

Pits

Buckiella undulata 20.4

Polytrichum commune 21

Sphagnum girgensohnii 26.3

Dicranella heteromalla 62

Polytrichastrum formosum 75

Polytrichastrum formosum 23

Mounds

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans 19.9

Atrichum undulatum 38

Dicranella heteromalla 59

Pohlia nutans 34

Polytrichastrum formosum 68

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans 38

Atrichum undulatum 18

Polytrichastrum formosum 30

  1. Explanations: diagnostic species phix100 >10 (statistically significant values are presented, according to Fisher’s exact, p>0.01), constant species frequency >30%, dominant species cover >20% with a min. of 10% frequency