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Table 9 Most influential environmental factors that affect the distribution of plants in Guard forest

From: Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia

Variable

Df

Sums of Sqs.

Mean Sqs.

F. Model

R2

Pr(> F)

Altitude

1

0.8548

0.85476

3.6653

0.05287

0.001 ***

PH

1

0.4622

0.46218

1.9819

0.02859

0.026 *

BD

1

0.7775

0.77752

3.3341

0.04809

0.001 ***

PD

1

0.8409

0.84094

3.6060

0.05201

0.002 **

Slope

1

0.4724

0.47244

2.0259

0.02922

0.019 *

Charcoal

1

0.4388

0.43883

1.8818

0.02714

0.038 *

Residuals

42

9.7945

0.23320

0.60579

  

Total

57

16.1682

1.00000

   
  1. Signif. codes: ‘***’ 0.001,‘**’ 0.01,‘*’ 0.05