Table 1 in Changes in a soil microarthropod community in the vicinity of dominant tree species under trampling management at the Safari Zoological Center, Israel

Table 1 Sampling design (replication = 4) for sites at the Safari Zoological Center, Israel, December 2013. Herbaceous ground cover: +++ patchy; + a few plants, – no plants. OE = open places under enclosure conditions, OT = open places under trampling conditions; EE E =. camaldulensis canopy habitat under enclosure conditions, ET = E. camaldulensis canopy habitat under trampling conditions, TE T =. aphylla canopy habitat under enclosure conditions, TT T =. aphylla canopy habitat under trampling conditions, CE = C. sempervirens canopy habitat under enclosure conditions, CT = C. sempervirens canopy habitat under trampling conditions.
HabitatCodeTreatmentTree height (m)Tree canopy crown (m2)Herbaceous vegetationSoil physical/biological top layerLitter layer (cm)Open spacesOT OETrampling Enclosure- -- -No +++No Physical top layerNo NoE. camaldulensisET EETrampling Enclosure10-136×8No +No Biological top layerNo 2-3T. aphyllaTT TETrampling Enclosure14-168×8No +++No Physical top layerNo FewC. sempervirensCT CETrampling Enclosure14-167×9No +No Biological layerNo 1-2