Table 2 Woody and all vascular species richness in the Combuscat and in the MatoSeg transects (20-m2) and plots (400-m2). The Student’s paired-t test differences between plot and transect is indicated for the richness of woody or vascular species in the MatoSeg subset
From: Composition and structure of Mediterranean shrublands for fuel characterization
Combuscat (n = 551 plots) | MatoSeg subset (n = 24 plots) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woody species | Woody species | Vascular species | |||
Transect | Plot | Transect | Plot | Transect | |
Median | 7 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 23 |
Min–max | 1–17 | 4–18 | 3–17 | 18–58 | 14–42 |
Paired t test | |||||
Estimated mean difference | 1.4 | 11.3 | |||
Confiance interval (95%) | (0.36–2.39) | (8.0–14.6) | |||
t statistics | 2.795 | 7.093 | |||
p value | 0.010 | < 0.0001 | |||