Plant Diversity of Secondary Forests in Response to Anthropological Disturbance Gradients

Table. The environmental variables across the different plots

Plot No. / For group clustering / Slope (Degree) / Directiona / Positionb / Altitude (m) / Distance to habitation (m) / Distance to road (m)
HA1-1 / 1:HA1-1 / 25 / 2 / 2 / 829 / 2800 / 750
HA1-2 / 2:HA1-2 / 25 / 8 / 2 / 816 / 2800 / 750
MA1-1 / 3:MA1-1 / 40 / 6 / 2 / 857 / 2400 / 1200
MA1-2 / 4:MA1-2 / 35 / 6 / 1 / 872 / 2400 / 1200
YA1-1 / 5:YA1-1 / 25 / 8 / 1 / 940 / 2300 / 1300
YA1-2 / 6:YA1-2 / 30 / 8 / 1 / 898 / 2300 / 1300
ZA1-1 / 7:ZA1-1 / 35 / 8 / 1 / 746 / 2000 / 900
ZA1-2 / 8:ZA1-2 / 35 / 8 / 1 / 749 / 2000 / 800
HA2-2 / 10:HA2-2 / 35 / 2 / 2 / 806 / 2200 / 1100
MA2-1 / 11:MA2-1 / 40 / 4 / 1 / 848 / 2100 / 600
MA2-2 / 12:MA2-2 / 40 / 4 / 1 / 832 / 2100 / 600
P17 / 14:P17 / 30 / 2 / 2 / 750 / 2400 / 1000
YA2-2 / 19:YA2-2 / 30 / 2 / 2 / 825 / 2100 / 700
HA2-1 / 9:HA2-1 / 30 / 1 / 2 / 856 / 2200 / 1100
P8 / 28:P8 / 25 / 2 / 2 / 928 / 2200 / 200
P3 / 34:P3 / 35 / 2 / 2 / 715 / 1500 / 100
P16 / 13:P16 / 20 / 2 / 3 / 750 / 2400 / 1000
P11 / 37:P11 / 20 / 2 / 2 / 650 / 2400 / 50
P12 / 38:P12 / 20 / 2 / 2 / 650 / 2400 / 50
P9 / 41:P9 / 20 / 2 / 2 / 630 / 1700 / 50
YA3-1 / 42:YA3-1 / 8 / 2 / 2 / 662 / 1300 / 50
P19 / 15:P19 / 20 / 8 / 1 / 831 / 3100 / 1000
P20 / 16:P20 / 25 / 8 / 1 / 847 / 3100 / 1500
P21 / 17:P21 / 25 / 8 / 1 / 831 / 3100 / 1000
YA2-1 / 18:YA2-1 / 25 / 8 / 3 / 771 / 2100 / 600
ZA2-1 / 20:ZA2-1 / 36 / 8 / 1 / 868 / 3100 / 1100
ZA2-2 / 21:ZA2-2 / 35 / 8 / 1 / 865 / 3100 / 1100
HA3-1 / 22:HA3-1 / 35 / 8 / 2 / 825 / 2000 / 200
HA3-2 / 23:HA3-2 / 28 / 8 / 2 / 803 / 2000 / 200
P13 / 24:P13 / 40 / 6 / 2 / 693 / 1600 / 250
P7 / 27:P7 / 35 / 6 / 2 / 710 / 1600 / 250
MA3-1 / 29:MA3-1 / 40 / 6 / 1 / 751 / 1500 / 100
MA3-2 / 30:MA3-2 / 35 / 6 / 1 / 737 / 1500 / 100
P1 / 31:P1 / 35 / 6 / 2 / 671 / 1500 / 100
P2 / 33:P2 / 30 / 6 / 2 / 770 / 1500 / 100
YA3-2 / 43:YA3-2 / 35 / 8 / 2 / 749 / 1600 / 60
P5 / 25:P5 / 25 / 6 / 2 / 700 / 1600 / 250
P6 / 26:P6 / 20 / 6 / 2 / 698 / 1600 / 250
P15 / 32:P15 / 26 / 8 / 2 / 722 / 2000 / 80
P4 / 35:P4 / 10 / 8 / 2 / 698 / 1500 / 100
P10 / 36:P10 / 25 / 6 / 2 / 625 / 1700 / 50
P14 / 39:P14 / 10 / 6 / 3 / 647 / 2100 / 50
P18 / 40:P18 / 15 / 6 / 3 / 675 / 2200 / 60
ZA3-1 / 44:ZA3-1 / 26 / 8 / 2 / 635 / 1200 / 50
ZA3-2 / 45:ZA3-2 / 18 / 8 / 2 / 640 / 1400 / 50

a: N=1; NE=2; E=3; ES=4; S=5; SW=6; W=7; WN=8

b: Upper=1; Middle=2; Bottom=3

Figure. Hierarchical cluster analysis for clustering the groups according to site variables (Dendrogram using Average Linkage, Between Groups)

1:HA1-1; 2:HA1-2; 3:MA1-1; 4:MA1-2; 5:YA1-1; 6:YA1-2; 7:ZA1-1; 8:ZA1-2; 9:HA2-1; 10:HA2-2; 11:MA2-1; 12:MA2-2; 13:P16; 14:P17; 15:P19; 16:P20; 17:P21; 18:YA2-1; 19:YA2-2; 20:ZA2-1; 21:ZA2-2; 22:HA3-1; 23:HA3-2; 24:P13; 25:P5; 26:P6; 27:P7; 28:P8; 29:MA3-1; 30:MA3-2; 31:P1; 32:P15; 33:P2; 34:P3; 35:P4; 36:P10; 37:P11; 38:P12; 39:P14; 40:P18; 41:P9; 42:YA3-1; 43:YA3-2; 44:ZA3-1; 45:ZA3-2

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