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Table 3. NMDS and linear regression relating measures of disturbance intensity to the floristic composition of a forest disturbed by a large blowdown, in Amazonas, Brazil.

NMDS	Mantel-test^*		NMDS [Axis1] related to disturbance measures^¥
Stress	Axis 1	Axis 2	Predictors	F	r²	P	Pearson’s r
0.286	0.442	0.367	SP	18.15	0.129	<0.001	0.370
			NG	21.81	0.159	<0.001	0.400
			GS	25.56	0.175	<0.001	0.427

Legend: SP-sub-plot mortality; NG-neighboring mortality; GS-gap size.

*Related to species distance matrix and NMDS axis scores.

^¥

Linear regressions with NMDS (Axis1) as dependent variable and disturbance intensity measures as predictors.