Table 1. One-way ANOVAs comparing forest composition variables across three different conservation scenarios in Costa Rica.
| Conservation Scenario | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | None | Protected Areas1 | Incentivized Conservation | P-Value | |||
| Number of Sites | 7 | 4 | 7 | - | |||
| Number of Plots | 15 | 39 | 24 | - | |||
| Cover (%) | 77.71 | (9.03) | 82.72 | (5.10) | 81.47 | (5.42) | 0.13 |
| Height (m) | 11.59 | (3.23) | 14.37 | (2.18) | 13.56 | (1.90) | 0.001 |
| Elevation (m) | 725.92 | (545.58) | 887.12 | (765.55) | 382.39 | (452.97) | 0.01 |
| Latitude | 9.43 | (0.83) | 9.50 | (0.76) | 9.96 | (0.77) | 0.04 |
| Longitude | -83.33 | (0.54) | -83.39 | (0.54) | -83.74 | (0.53) | 0.02 |
| Size (Hectares) | 233.26 | (559.41) | 55831.86 | (81473.81) | 1046.15 | (874.40) | <0.0001 |
| Distance to Protected Area (m) | 3695.00 | (2740.76) | 0.00 | (0.00) | 1313.93 | (2131.49) | 0.01 |
| Number of Seedlings/m2 | 9.51 | (6.17) | 7.53 | (4.53) | 10.53 | (6.62) | 0.11 |
| Number of Saplings/m2 | 0.53 | (0.37) | 0.58 | (0.35) | 0.54 | (0.23) | 0.79 |
| Number of Adults/m2 | 0.05 | (0.02) | 0.05 | (0.02) | 0.05 | (0.02) | 0.55 |
| Number of Adults/plots | 8.07 | (3.08) | 7.29 | (2.82) | 8.03 | (2.63) | 0.55 |
| Total DBH (cm) | 245.11 | (103.77) | 244.82 | (103.27) | 231.00 | (93.47) | 0.85 |
| Average DBH (cm) | 30.91 | (10.54) | 32.05 | (14.05) | 33.09 | (12.39) | 0.88 |
1Because of laws surrounding the ownership and management of national parks and research stations, both are considered protected areas.
*Significant values are bolded.
All values are mean and standard deviation or frequency and percent.