Table 1.
Variation of vegetation properties under different changes in precipitation (n = 3, mean ± SE).
| Treatments | Shannon-Wiener | Pielou | Patrick | Coverage | Above-Ground Biomass (g m−2) |
Litter Biomass (g m−2) |
Below-Ground Biomass (g m−2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P50 | 1.46 ± 0.11b | 0.88 ± 0.03a | 5.33 ± 0.58b | 0.65 ± 0.15b | 152.74 ± 68.65a | 96.41 ± 37.43a | 40.54 ± 16.84b |
| P100 | 2.35 ± 0.08a | 0.84 ± 0.01ab | 16.33 ± 1.15a | 0.89 ± 0.02a | 245.59 ± 49.07a | 87.19 ± 32.61a | 117.28 ± 25.89a |
| P150 | 2.29 ± 0.13a | 0.81 ± 0.02b | 17 ± 2.65a | 0.98 ± 0.01a | 276.69 ± 55.95a | 88.30 ± 32.51a | 56.43 ± 19.95b |
Notes: Different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences among the different precipitation treatments (p < 0.05).