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Table 1 Analysis of community similarities (ANOSIM) between the first sampling unit (1 meter from the stream) and the other sampling units 2–15 meters from the stream

From: Buffer strips can pre-empt extinction debt in boreal streamside habitats

 

Vascular plants

Mosses

Pooled data

Comparison

R

p

R

p

R

p

1 - 2

-0.069

0.778

0.050

0.275

-0.066

0.751

1 - 3

0.064

0.244

0.272

0.012

0.086

0.166

1 - 4

0.122

0.072

0.474

0.000

0.271

0.008

1 - 5

0.317

0.002

0.621

0.001

0.460

0.001

1 - 6

0.402

0.001

0.632

0.000

0.518

0.000

1 - 7

0.469

0.002

0.608

0.000

0.502

0.001

1 - 8

0.507

0.001

0.658

0.001

0.528

0.001

1 - 9

0.563

0.001

0.689

0.001

0.559

0.001

1 - 10

0.599

0.001

0.703

0.001

0.583

0.001

1 - 11

0.610

0.001

0.693

0.001

0.600

0.001

1 - 12

0.655

0.001

0.739

0.000

0.631

0.001

1 - 13

0.645

0.001

0.772

0.001

0.640

0.001

1 - 14

0.656

0.001

0.708

0.001

0.635

0.000

1 - 15

0.661

0.000

0.770

0.001

0.651

0.000

  1. Data is from the unmanaged reference sites. R values are effect sizes based on the difference of mean ranks between and within groups [32]. N for all groups is 7.