Properties | Snow cover duration (week) | F ratio | P | ||||
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0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
Number of samples (n) | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 54 | 54 |
Altitude (m) | 36.3 ± 0.2 a | 34.3 ± 0.4 b | 34.4 ± 0.5 b | 35.0 ± 0.6 ab | 33.5 ± 0.3 b | 11.556 | 0.000 |
Aspect (degrees) | 4.8 ± 0.2 a | 4.6 ± 0.3 a | 4.6 ± 0.5 a | 4.8 ± 0.2 a | 6.0 ± 0.1 b | 10.883 | 0.000 |
Inclination (degrees) | 2.3 ± 0.1 a | 3.2 ± 0.4 b | 2.4 ± 0.3 ab | 2.4 ± 0.4 ab | 2.7 ± 0.1 ab | 2.271 | 0.075 |
Topology | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 5.0 ± 0.0 | – | NV |
Micro-topology | 1.2 ± 0.1 a | 2.3 ± 0.2 b | 2.3 ± 0.3 b | 3.2 ± 0.5 b | 3.1 ± 0.2 b | 16.345 | 0.000 |
Substrate | 6.1 ± 0.2 a | 5.3 ± 0.2 b | 5.3 ± 0.2 b | 5.0 ± 0.2 b | 5.3 ± 0.1 b | 4.392 | 0.004 |
Moisture | 3.1 ± 0.1 a | 2.3 ± 0.2 a | 2.7 ± 0.2 a | 3.0 ± 1.0 a | 7.0 ± 0.0 b | 107.344 | 0.000 |
Wind exposure | 3.8 ± 0.3 | 4.0 ± 0.0 | 4.0 ± 0.0 | 4.0 ± 0.0 | 4.0 ± 0.0 | 0.866 | 0.491 |