Claim · model-written summary
Overstory characteristics predicted herbaceous richness better than biomass or environmental variables.
- Taxon
- Herbaceouse0
- Outcome
- richnesse0
- Direction
- better predictede0
- Comparator
- herbaceous biomass and environmental variablese0
- Setting
- overstory characteristicse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Herbaceous richness was better predicted from overstory characteristics than herbaceous biomass and environmental variables.”
Title
Patterns of plant species diversity and composition in a semi-arid riparian ecosystem
Keirith Snyder UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) 1995
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Woody composition varied with elevation above the channel.
- Association Herbaceous composition appeared unaffected by proximity to the riparian area.
- Observation Alpha diversity indices were not always higher within riparian areas.
- Observation Woody alpha diversity showed no consistent pattern.
- Association Vertical structural diversity was highest near the stream.
- Association Herbaceous diversity increased in floodplain sites.
- Association Herbaceous diversity decreased in hillslope sites.