Titles and Legends
Table 1. Mean (standard deviation) of regenerating community variables
in two areas with different vegetation cover levels in the Brazilian
semi-arid region. (Area I: Less coverage; Area II: Increased coverage)
*/= Bold values are statistically different.
Table 2. Mean (standard deviation) of soil properties in two areas with
different vegetation cover levels in the Brazilian semi-arid region.
(Area I: Less coverage; Area II: Increased coverage) */= Bold values are
statistically different.
Fig. 1 – Dry forest biome in Brazil (a), study area location (b), and
sample distribution in the study area according to NDVI (c).
Fig. 2 – Floristic groups of the regenerating stratum of the study
area. The vegetation plots are ordered for each of the two dimensions
produced by NMDS ranking performed using a Bray-Curtis similarity and
altitude matrix based on abundance and vegetation cover. The vegetation
plots of Area I and Area II are represented as black dots and gray dots,
respectively.
Fig. 3 – Statistically significant linear regressions at p <
0.05 for relationships between regenerating stratum data with adult
vegetation data, herbivore pressure and soil properties e. Reg. =
Regenerating. 3.a) Reg DGL x Abundance of Adults; 3.b) Reg DGL x
herbivory pressure relationships; 3.c) Reg D0 x Herbivory pressure
relationships; 3.d) Reg D0 x Adult Biomass relationships; 3.e) Reg D0 x
D0 Adults relationships; 3.f) Reg D0 x Abundance of Adults; 3.g) Reg D0
x Organic Carbon relationships; 3.h) Reg D0 x Total Nitrogen
relationships.
Table 1