Forest ecosystems are commonly characterised by a hierarchy of resources. During a disturbance of a forest community, increased light availability in the understorey can support competitive interactio
The numbers of sequences are shown for each split level. *Only significant P values are shown. The significance levels have been Bonferroni corrected for multiple comparisons.
BS, Bare soil, number of points with no species; S, species richness (Shrub species/Grass species); S/point, mean number of species at each point; Ev, evenness (Shannon diversity/log(S)); A/point, mea