Table 4 Comparisons of plant species composition between the forest age classes (class 1: 5–10-year-old forest stands with mature forest patches, class 2: 40–45-year-old forests, class 3: 60–65-year-old forests, and class 4: more than 90-year-old forests) with one-way analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) in the dolines of the Mecsek Mts (Hungary)

R

p

class 1 – class 2

0.41

< 0.001

class 1 – class 3

0.15

< 0.001

class 1 – class 4

0.09

< 0.001

class 2 – class 3

0.27

< 0.001

class 2 – class 4

0.23

< 0.001

class 3 – class 4

0.05

< 0.005