Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Figure 12.9. Comparison of the density of stems in plots located at the edge between the
pasture and adjacent forest, in the open areas of the pasture, or under the shade tree.
Numbers of all species combined and for Lauraceae and Conostegia are shown separately.
A. Early-successional pastures (2-5 years since abandonment, N = 36); B. mid-successional
pastures (11-15 years since abandonment, N = 36); C. late-successional pastures (>25 years
since abandonment, N = 36); D. primary forest (N = 36). Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA showed
significant (p < .05) differences in the density of stems found between plot locations in all
panels of A, and only for the Lauraeae in B. There were no significant differences among any
of the panels in Cor D.