Table 2. Frequency, plant traits database (from different sources) and landscape metrics measured in the field on 46 1 m × 1 m plots.
CA is the total cover in cm2. Standard deviation (±) are reported only for metrics which can be computed for every patch. Definitions, abbreviations and units of measurement of the landscape metrics are reported in Table 1. See Fig. 5 for abbreviations of species.
| Species | Frequency (%) (N = 46) | Plant traits | Landscape metrics | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH | LDMC | LS | LDW | SLA | LNC | LA | LFW | LCC | MPS | CA | MSI | NP | TE | ||
| AdeLeu | 2 | 358 | 17.1 | 3 | 116.5 | 21.4 | 3.2 | 2440.2 | 701.6 | 46.7 | 11 | 11 | 1.05 | 1 | 14 |
| CarRes | 11 | 24 | 26.0 | 2 | 3.7 | 16.2 | 3.6 | 58.2 | 14.4 | 45.4 | 9 ± 4 | 70 | 1.09 ± 0.07 | 8 | 100 |
| CerUni | 43 | 16 | 16.2 | 3 | 2.2 | 37.6 | 3.4 | 84.2 | 13.9 | 41.8 | 55 ± 151 | 2,318 | 1.23 ± 0.23 | 42 | 1,188 |
| GeuRep | 46 | 75 | 27.4 | 6 | 67.4 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 566.4 | 249.8 | 47.5 | 38 ± 41 | 2,717 | 1.19 ± 0.10 | 72 | 1,928 |
| GnaSup | 7 | 12 | 37.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 25.1 | 1.9 | 17.5 | 2.0 | 47.7 | 11 ± 7 | 128 | 1.16 ± 0.07 | 12 | 172 |
| HieAlp | 4 | 16 | 16.2 | 3 | 8.0 | 15.2 | 1.6 | 121.8 | 32.4 | 46.0 | 15 ± 15 | 30 | 1.21 ± 0.05 | 2 | 34 |
| LeuAlp | 70 | 33 | 16.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 18.2 | 2.6 | 42.4 | 15.2 | 44.7 | 40 ± 237 | 6,880 | 1.72 ± 0.20 | 173 | 4,018 |
| LuzAlp | 22 | 152 | 17.9 | 4 | 13.9 | 29.1 | 2.9 | 388.2 | 77.3 | 46.9 | 110 ± 222 | 2,086 | 1.25 ± 0.20 | 19 | 754 |
| OxyDig | 59 | 76 | 10.0 | 4 | 12.3 | 29.5 | 4.7 | 353.5 | 123.9 | 45.4 | 30 ± 38 | 6,206 | 1.26 ± 0.23 | 209 | 5,454 |
| PoaAlp | 96 | 36 | 34.3 | 3 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 328.6 | 86.6 | 45.8 | 24 ± 30 | 7,476 | 1.17 ± 0.12 | 310 | 6,456 |
| RanGla | 13 | 46 | 14.2 | 2 | 18.8 | 14.1 | 1.7 | 262.1 | 132.0 | 44.3 | 10 ± 7 | 177 | 1.1 ± 0.07 | 17 | 228 |
| SalHer | 15 | 14 | 33.2 | 6 | 7.6 | 15.2 | 2.0 | 165.0 | 22.9 | 47.4 | 307 ± 458 | 3,682 | 1.34 ± 0.35 | 12 | 1,042 |
| SaxBry | 72 | 5 | 32.4 | 4 | 0.2 | 15.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 44.0 | 95 ± 238 | 30,378 | 1.28 ± 0.27 | 320 | 13,324 |
| SaxOpp | 39 | 6 | 25.5 | 4 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 46.8 | 69 ± 114 | 5,702 | 1.25 ± 0.17 | 83 | 3,006 |
| SedAlp | 33 | 15 | 7.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 14.2 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 41.5 | 7 ± 6 | 644 | 1.13 ± 0.10 | 87 | 1,010 |
| VerAlp | 54 | 46 | 18.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 28.6 | 1.6 | 57.9 | 11.9 | 47.4 | 15 ± 14 | 2,013 | 1.17 ± 0.13 | 134 | 2,260 |