Fine-scale temporal turnover of jarrah forest understory vegetation assemblages is independent of fire regime

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Analyses performed and variables considered when examining effects of fire on perennial herbs and shrubs between 1986 and 2015 on McCorkhill and Yackelup forest sites, Western Australia. Plot (Fire treatment) and Sample event (Fire treatment) indicate nesting of plots and sample event within fire treatments

Variables	Analyses
Variables	ANCOVA	PerMANOVA	PerMANOVA
Dependent variable	Species richness per plot	Euclidean distance between plots in composition of fire response types	Sørensen dissimilarity between plots in assemblage of perennial herb and shrub species
Covariates	Years since fire	Years since fire	Years since fire
	Years elapsed	Years elapsed	Years elapsed
	(Years elapsed)²	Years elapsed	Years elapsed
Independent variables	Fire treatment	Fire treatment	Fire treatment
	Plot (Fire treatment)	Plot (Fire treatment)	Plot (Fire treatment)
	Plot (Fire treatment)	Sample event (Fire treatment)	Sample event (Fire treatment)