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Table 4 PerMANOVA results for fire treatment effects on Euclidean distance between plots for composition of fire response types in perennial herbs and shrubs on McCorkhill and Yackelup forest sites, Western Australia, between 1986 and 2015. Pseudo-F values derived from ratio of mean square for effect and residual mean square. P(perm) is the probability of a greater Pseudo-F value and is derived from permutation of the raw data and consideration of the number of unique permutations (Unique perms). P(perm) ≤ 0.05 indicates a significant effect of the source of variation. Plot (Fire treatment) and Sample event (Fire treatment) indicate nesting of Plot and Sample event within Fire treatment

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

Location

Source

df

Sum of squares

Mean square

Pseudo- F

P (perm)

Unique perms

McCorkhill

Covariate:years since fire

1

803.75

803.75

4.8003

0.0002

9917

Covariate:years elapsed

1

734.43

734.43

10.633

0.0001

9934

Fire treatment

4

341.62

85.404

0.72095

0.85

9898

Plot (Fire treatment)

5

684.25

136.85

5.7995

0.0001

9923

Sample event (Fire treatment)

21

975.22

46.439

1.968

0.0006

9879

Residual

23

542.72

23.597

   

Total

55

4082

    

Yackelup

Covariate:years since fire

1

63.994

63.994

0.76988

0.61

9915

Covariate:years elapsed

1

927.07

927.07

11.225

0.0001

9938

Fire treatment

4

819.81

204.95

1.9057

0.015

9895

Plot (Fire treatment)

5

254.56

50.913

1.9236

0.037

9927

Sample event (Fire treatment)

17

1180.7

69.451

2.624

0.0001

9880

Residual

15

397.01

26.467

   

Total

43

3643.1

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