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Table III
Results of testing the significance of forest management type on the sample scores that are based on floristic composition. Sample scores are derived from constrained linear ordination (pRDA) and unconstrained linear ordination (PCA). P–values below 0.05 are given in bold.
| Analysis | Covariables | Axis | ANOVA | Dunnett’s test P | |||
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| First pRDA | Management-neutral (MN) | Axis 1 | 7.863 | < 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.907 | |
| Axis 2 | 12.636 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.749 | |||
| Second pRDA | MN with management-sensitive (MS) | Axis 1 | 2.642 | 0.083 | – | – | |
| Axis 2 | 7.712 | < 0.001 | 0.975 | 0.002 | |||
| First PCA | Management-neutral (MN) | Axis 1 | 6.171 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.811 | |
| Axis 2 | 0.292 | 0.748 | – | – | |||
| Second PCA | MN with management-sensitive (MS) | Axis 1 | 0.719 | 0.493 | – | – | |
| Axis 2 | 0.935 | 0.401 | – | – | |||