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Table 2 Community diversity index in exclosure and free grazing sites

From: Grazing exclusion had greater effects than nitrogen addition on soil and plant community in a desert steppe, Northwest of China

Site

S

H

D

FG-0

3

1.31±0.06 b

0.55±0.03 b

EX-0

4

1.72±0.16 a

0.68±0.03 a

EX-1

4

1.48±0.12 ab

0.60±0.03 ab

EX-3

3

1.41±0.12 ab

0.60±0.04 ab

EX-5

4

1.60±0.16 ab

0.64±0.04 ab

  1. Note: FG free grazing, EX exclosure, S Species Richness, H Shannon-Wiener Index, D Simpson Index. Different letters represent significant differences between treatments (P < 0.05)
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BMC Plant Biology

ISSN: 1471-2229

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