Table 2.

Bite mass (g DM) of plant species consumed by goats browsing a Southern Mediterranean forest rangeland during 2016 and 2017.

Item	2016					2017					p-Value (2016–2017)
	Spring	Summer	Fall	SEM 1	p-Value	Spring	Summer	Fall	SEM	p-Value	S 2	Y 3	Y*S
Arbutus unedo	0.092 C,4,g,5	0.190 A,b	0.161 B,cd	0.006	<0.001	0.099 B,d	0.211 A,c	0.203 A,c	0.006	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Calicotome villosa	0.040 C,h	0.130 A,ef	0.110 B,fg	0.005	<0.001	0.093 C,de	0.150 B,e	0.170 A,de	0.005	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cistus crispus	0.309 A,b	0.088 B,hi	0.051 B,i	0.012	<0.001	0.405 A,a	0.089 C,gh	0.104 B,fg	0.014	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cistus monspeliensis	0.339 A,a	0.078 B,i	0.040 B,ij	0.014	<0.001	0.430 A,a	0.078 B,h	0.078 B,h	0.015	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cistus salviifolius	0.289 A,bc	0.060 B,j	0.031 B,jk	0.012	<0.001	0.370 A,b	0.101 B,g	0.089 B,gh	0.013	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Erica arborea	0.193 A,e	0.168 B,c	0.131 C,e	0.007	<0.001	0.223 A,c	0.101 C,g	0.181 B,cde	0.007	<0.001	<0.001	0.349	<0.001
Herbaceous	0.258 A,d	0.081 C,i	0.101 B,gh	0.009	<0.001	0.411 A,a	0.128 B,f	0.112 B,fg	0.015	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Lavandula stoechas	0.279 A,cd	0.052 B,j	0.021 C,k	0.012	<0.001	0.361 A,b	0.089 B,gh	0.079 C,h	0.013	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Myrtus communis	0.041 C,h	0.195 A,b	0.179 B,b	0.008	<0.001	0.079 B,def	0.280 A,b	0.258 A,ab	0.010	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Olea europaea	0.028 C,h	0.129 B,ef	0.170 A,bc	0.006	<0.001	0.050 C,g	0.209 A,c	0.188 B,cd	0.007	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Phillyrea media	0.029 C,h	0.167 A,c	0.150 B,d	0.007	<0.001	0.050 C,g	0.203 A,c	0.176 B,cde	0.008	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.144
Pistacia lentiscus	0.049 C,h	0.118 B,fg	0.169 A,bc	0.006	<0.001	0.070 C,efg	0.260 A,b	0.241 B,b	0.009	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Quercus canariensis	0.039 B,h	0.139 A,de	0.151 A,d	0.006	<0.001	0.059 C,fg	0.161 B,e	0.189 A,cd	0.006	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.015
Quercus ilex	0.047 C,h	0.152 A,cd	0.122 B,ef	0.006	<0.001	0.041 C,g	0.182 A,d	0.159 B,e	0.009	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Quercus suber	0.124 C,f	0.239 A,a	0.198 B,a	0.006	<0.001	0.243 C,c	0.341 A,a	0.277 B,a	0.009	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Rubus ulmifolius	0.044 C,h	0.104 A,gh	0.089 B,h	0.004	<0.001	0.042 C,g	0.141 A,ef	0.118 B,f	0.009	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SEM	0.002	0.003	0.002			0.002	0.004	0.002
p-Value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

¹ SEM: standard error of the mean; ² S: season; ³ Y: year; ⁴ Means with different capital letters (A–C) in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). ⁵ Means with different lowercase letters (a–k) in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).