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Table 3 Species richness (means ± standard error) of different life-forms (functional groups) in three communities (EDC, STC and ASC) in summer

From: Similarity and difference in vegetation structure of three desert shrub communities under the same temperate climate but with different microhabitats

Community type

Shrub

HSV

HLV

  

Total

PSV

ASV

Total

PLV

ALV

EDC (n = 36)

2.47 ± 0.12a γ

12.06 ± 0.65a

3.36 ± 0.25a β

8.69 ± 0.57a α

3.86 ± 0.26b

0.64 ± 0.14b δ

3.22 ± 0.23b βγ

STC (n = 28)

2.54 ± 0.14a β

9.25 ± 0.70a

2.96 ± 0.21a β

6.29 ± 0.65a α

5.07 ± 0.30a

0.18 ± 0.09c γ

4.89 ± 0.26a α

ASC (n = 13)

2.57 ± 0.29a α

5.54 ± 0.88b

2.77 ± 0.36a α

2.77 ± 0.68b α

4.00 ± 0.38b

1.23 ± 0.17a β

2.77 ± 0.36b α

  1. Different lowercase Latin letters (a, b and c) and Greek letters (α, β, γ and δ) indicate significant (P < 0.05) differences among three communities and four life-forms respectively.