Table 9 Lichen community diversity metrics of average conservatism and species richness and tests for differences between metrics assessed for ASNW (n = 8) and remnants (n = 14) and between the two years of assessment in 2007 and 2016.
| Â | Â | Average conservatism | Species richness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | Mean ± SE (in 2007 & 2016) | Test of difference between ASNW and Remnants (Mann-Whitney) | Mean ±SE (in 2007 & 2016) | Test of difference between ASNW and Remnants (Mann-Whitney) | ||||
| Â | Â | ASNW | Remnants | U statistic | P value | ASNW | Remnants | U statistic | P value |
Year | 2007 | 3.205 ± 0.2818 | 4.129 ± 0.3143 | 27.00 | p = 0.0331 | 2.375 ± 0.3239 | 2.0 ± 0.2774 | 43.50 | p = 0.3824 |
2016 | 3.29 ± 0.3240 | 4.19 ± 0.4875 | 30.00 | p = 0.0353 | 1.75 ± 0.3134 | 1.5 ± 0.2285 | 48.00 | p = 0.5788 | |
Test of change over time - 2007 to 2016 (Mann-Whitney) | U statistic | 30.00 | 98.00 | Â | Â | 20.00 | 73.00 | Â | Â |
P value | p = 0.8678 | p = 0.9770 | Â | Â | p = 0.1929 | p = 0.2290 | Â | Â | |