Table 5 Comparison of coverage of each species among vegetation types classified with snow cover duration (week)
Species | Snow cover duration (week) | F ratio | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
Andreaea regularis | 2.17 ± 0.73 a | 1.06 ± 0.31 b | 1.00 ± 0.35 b | 0.30 ± 0.12 b | 0.00 ± 0.00 b | 5.692 | 0.001 |
Ditrichum hyalinum | 0.17 ± 0.17 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.866 | 0.491 |
Sanionia uncinata | 0.04 ± 0.04 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.866 | 0.491 |
Crustose lichens | 1.17 ± 0.36 a | 3.72 ± 0.69 b | 4.29 ± 0.64 b | 3.4 ± 1.29 b | 0.00 ± 0.00 a | 19.392 | 0.000 |
Ochrolechia frigida | 0.33 ± 0.25 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 1.556 | 0.201 |
Rhizocarpon geographicum | 0.04 ± 0.04 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.866 | 0.491 |
Stereocaulon alpinum | 0.13 ± 0.09 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 1.681 | 0.169 |
Placopsis contortuplicata | 0.88 ± 0.22 a | 0.67 ± 0.14 a | 0.64 ± 0.36 a | 0.10 ± 0.10 a | 0.00 ± 0.00 b | 6.809 | 0.000 |
Usnea aurantiaco-atra | 7.00 ± 0.74 a | 0.61 ± 0.32 b | 0.14 ± 0.09 b | 0.10 ± 0.10 b | 0.00 ± 0.00 b | 67.145 | 0.000 |
Snow algae | 0.00 ± 0.00 a | 0.00 ± 0.00 a | 0.00 ± 0.00 a | 1.20 ± 1.20 b | 10.95 ± 0.05 c | 615.473 | 0.000 |