Table 2. Mean values and one-way ANOVA values of the environment and species diversity indices for eight vegetation types (VT1 to VT8) classified in the study area.

Vegetation type VT1 VT2 VT3 VT4 VT5 VT6 VT7 VT8 F-value Total Mean
Altitude (m) 120.2ab 97.2ab 75.5ab 209.5c 150.8bc 123.1ab 112.8ab 62.4a 8.36** 139.3
Slope degree (°) 27.7ab 19.9a 31.1b 24.4ab 27.1ab 25.0ab 24.3ab 27.6ab 1.34 24.6
Exposed rocks (%) 18.9b 6.1ab 0.0a 5.4ab 10.0ab 5.1ab 6.6ab 21.2b 2.11 7.6
Litter depth (㎝) 4.0a 4.2a 6.0b 4.7a 4.4a 5.1a 5.1ab 4.7a 2.49* 4.7
Species richness (S) All 24.4cd 20.0bc 6.5a 29.2d 23.6cd 27.3cd 15.2b 12.9ab 16.23** 22.6
Trees 6.3bc 4.9abc 3.0a 6.2bc 4.4ab 7.5c 5.5abc 4.9abc 3.27* 5.9
Shrubs 5.4d 4.1bcd 0.0a 6.4d 5.2cd 6.5d 2.8bc 2.0ab 10.81** 4.8
Vines 4.2bc 4.3bc 0.0a 4.5bc 4.2bc 5.2c 3.3bc 2.4b 3.9** 4.1
Herbs 8.4c 6.8bc 1.5a 12.1d 8.2c 8.1c 3.7ab 3.6ab 18.46** 7.7
Species evenness (J′) 0.627c 0.646c 0.372a 0.627c 0.546bc 0.622c 0.519bc 0.493b 5.40** 0.588
Species diversity (H′) 1.981c 1.926c 0.642a 2.094c 1.649bc 2.043c 1.393b 1.292b 13.15** 1.804
Species dominance (D ) 0.197a 0.211a 0.690d 0.188a 0.271ab 0.186a 0.346bc 0.437c 14.51** 0.254