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 |