. 2020 Jan 23;10(2):196. doi: 10.3390/ani10020196

Table 3.

Diet composition (% of DM) of goats browsing a Southern Mediterranean forest rangeland during 2016 and 2017.

Item	2016					2017					p-Value (2016–2017)
Item	Spring	Summer	Fall	SEM ¹	p-Value	Spring	Summer	Fall	SEM	p-Value	S ²	Y ³	Y*S
Arbutus unedo	0.370 ^C,4	12.9 ^A	11.1 ^B	0.431	<0.001	0.090 ^C	8.37 ^B	11.5 ^A	0.373	<0.001	<0.001	0.026	<0.001
Calicotome villosa	0.020 ^C	7.84 ^A	4.32 ^B	0.254	<0.001	0.010 ^C	7.02 ^A	2.44 ^B	0.252	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cistus crispus	19.8 ^A	0.170 ^C	0.270 ^B	0.657	<0.001	28.1 ^A	0.500 ^B	0.990 ^B	0.932	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cistus monspeliensis	28.8 ^A	0.170 ^B	0.120 ^B	0.932	<0.001	28.8 ^A	0.300 ^B	0.690 ^B	0.960	<0.001	<0.001	0.502	0.758
Cistus salviifolius	17.6 ^A	0.050 ^B	0.070 ^B	0.544	<0.001	15.8 ^A	0.380 ^B	0.360 ^B	0.554	<0.001	<0.001	0.150	<0.001
Erica arborea	4.34 ^C	11.1 ^A	9.66 ^B	0.283	<0.001	2.44 ^C	9.16 ^B	11.8 ^A	0.374	<0.001	<0.001	0.082	<0.001
Herbaceous	7.14 ^A	0.670 ^C	1.99 ^B	0.254	<0.001	7.54 ^A	1.98 ^B	1.20 ^B	0.314	<0.001	<0.001	0.301	0.017
Lavandula stoechas	17.3 ^A	0.490 ^B	0.130 ^B	0.562	<0.001	14.7 ^A	0.270 ^B	0.900 ^B	0.564	<0.001	<0.001	0.050	<0.001
Myrtus communis	0.370 ^C	14.3 ^B	19.4 ^A	0.610	<0.001	0.100 ^C	14.4 ^B	16.6 ^A	0.622	<0.001	<0.001	0.033	0.016
Olea europaea	0.034 ^C	6.72 ^A	1.90 ^B	0.221	<0.001	0.040 ^C	6.93 ^A	5.66 ^B	0.291	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Phillyrea media	0.200 ^B	6.72 ^A	6.50 ^A	0.284	<0.001	0.050 ^C	7.90 ^A	4.38 ^B	0.330	<0.001	<0.001	0.240	<0.001
Pistacia lentiscus	0.320 ^C	7.96 ^B	12.8 ^A	0.403	<0.001	0.090 ^C	15.4 ^B	18.5 ^A	0.625	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Quercus canariensis	0.010 ^C	2.98 ^B	5.90 ^A	0.394	<0.001	0.010 ^B	2.21 ^A	3.10 ^A	0.214	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.015
Quercus ilex	0.120 ^B	5.57 ^A	4.83 ^A	0.230	<0.001	0.020 ^B	4.29 ^A	4.15 ^A	0.225	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.125
Quercus suber	3.57 ^C	20.1 ^A	17.8 ^B	0.581	<0.001	2.19 ^B	18.4 ^A	16.2 ^A	0.626	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	0.973
Rubus ulmifolius	0.010^B	2.36 ^A	3.36 ^A	0.250	<0.001	0.010 ^C	2.50 ^A	1.58 ^B	0.167	<0.001	<0.001	0.039	0.005

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).