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Table 2 Comparison of environmental variables among vegetation types classified with snow cover duration (week)

From: Assembly processes of moss and lichen community with snow melting at the coastal region of the Barton Peninsula, maritime Antarctic

Properties

Snow cover duration (week)

F ratio

P

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

  1. According to Tukey’s test, columns are statistically different where they do not share any letter (P < 0.05)
  2. NV no variation in dependent variable