Table 3 Functional diversity (Rao index), mean species richness (S) and mean relative occurrence (F) of environmental performance traits as a function of regeneration treatments
Biological type | Index | CON | SIN | GRP | GRPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Functional diversity | Rao | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 |
Evergreen | S | 1.7 (1.0) | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.3) |
F | 0.34 (0.25) | 0.31 (0.22) | 0.28 (0.30) | 0.27 (0.32) | |
Deciduous | S | 3.2 (0.8) | 3.2 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.9) | 3.5 (1.3) |
F | 0.46 (0.33) | 0.46 (0.45) | 0.54 (0.33) | 0.50 (0.33) | |
Shrubs | S | 5.2 (1.7) | 4.3 (1.4) | 5.7 (1.9) | 6.0 (1.9) |
F | 0.43 (0.27) | 0.36 (0.25) | 0.48 (0.29) | 0.50 (0.28) | |
Bushes | S | 1.3 (0.9) b | 1.8 (0.9) b | 1.7 (1.0) b | 2.1 (0.9) a |
F | 0.33 (0.23) b | 0.44 (0.29) b | 0.43 (0,.5) b | 0.53 (0.28) a | |
Asterales | S | 1.3 (0.9) | 1.1 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.1) | 1.1 (0.8) |
F | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.27 (0.18) | 0.40 (0.26) | 0.28 (0.22) | |
Graminaceae | S | 0.9 (0.8) b | 0.8 (0.8) b | 1.3 (0.6) b | 1.6 (0.6) a |
F | 0.45 (0.24) b | 0.42 (0.16) b | 0.63 (0.42) a | 0.79 (0.12) a | |
Monocots | S | 4.5 (1.6) | 4.2 (1.6) | 4.3 (1.7) | 4.9 (1.6) |
F | 0.50 (0.27) | 0.54 (0.26) | 0.48 (0.26) | 0.55 (0.34) | |
Sporophytes | S | 4.1 (1.6) | 3.4 (1.5) | 4.5 (1.6) | 4.9 (1.6) |
F | 0.37 (0.28) | 0.32 (0.26) | 0.41 (0.27) | 0.45 (0.27) | |
Other flowering plants | S | 5.5 (2.9) | 6.6 (2.1) | 6.2 (2.0) | 6.3 (1.9) |
F | 0.26 (0.25) | 0.32 (0.25) | 0.30 (0.25) | 0.30 (0.28) | |
Reproductive mode | |||||
 Functional diversity | Rao | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
 Vegetative | S | 14.3 (4.1) b | 15.3 (2.9) b | 15.4 (3.2) b | 16.6 (2.0) a |
F | 0.36 (0.27) | 0.38 (0.28) | 0.39 (0.29) | 0.41 (0.33) | |
 Sexual and vegetative | S | 10.0 (2.2) ab | 9.3 (2.4) b | 11.8 (2.6) a | 12.7 (3.5) a |
F | 0.41 (0.28) | 0.38 (0.29) | 0.47 (0.26) | 0.48 (0.25) | |
 Sexual | S | 2.5 (0.7) | 2.2 (1.3) | 2.6 (1.0) | 2.7 (1.1) |
F | 0.31 (0.18) | 0.27 (0.15) | 0.33 (0.25) | 0.32 (0.29) | |
Shade tolerance | |||||
 Functional diversity | Rao | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
 Shade-intolerant | S | 1.0 (1.3) b | 0.6 (0.9) b | 2.0 (1.1) a | 2.5 (1.3) a |
F | 0.15 (0.09) ab | 0.09 (0.09) b | 0.29 (0.18) ab | 0.35 (0.20) a | |
 Intermediate tolerance | S | 6.9 (1.9) | 6.9 (2.6) | 7.5 (2.2) | 8.1 (2.0) |
F | 0.34 (0.25) | 0.34 (0.26) | 0.37 (0.27) | 0.41 (0.27) | |
 Shade-tolerant | S | 19.8 (5.3) | 20.2 (4.6) | 21.1 (4.9) | 21.2 (3.1) |
F | 0.41 (0.27) | 0.42 (0.27) | 0.44 (0.29) | 0.44 (0.32) | |