Table 2. Mean ± SE (n = 3 or 5 samples) total abundance, species richness, and diversity of small mammals during 2010–2012 and results of RM-ANOVA for each block (study area). Within a row, columns with different letters are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT), adjusted for multiple contrasts. No data were found to be correlated among years.
Parameter and area Site Analysis
Treatment Time Treatment × time
DISP DISP+GTR WINDR WINDR+GTR FOREST F4,20 P F2,40 P F8,40 P
Total abundance
Munro 6.93d ± 0.88 26.41a ± 2.81 18.12b ± 1.87 11.75cd ± 1.5 13.63bc ± 1.27 17.05 <0.01 54.61 <0.01 9.53 <0.01
Kathleen 8.64b ± 1.11 11.45b ± 1.13 24.25a ± 1.81 23.85a ± 2.08 7.42b ± 1.19 23.99 <0.01 4.24 0.02 1.74 0.12
Blaeberry 6.13 ± 1.25 7.75 ± 1.89 12.13 ± 2.92 12.25 ± 3.37 12.75 ± 2.42 0.781) 0.56 7.492) <0.01 2.073) 0.09
Species richness
Munro 2.53b ± 0.2 4.27a ± 0.33 3.40ab ± 0.27 3.33ab ± 0.35 3.33ab ± 0.27 3.58 0.02 13.64 <0.01 2.29 0.04
Kathleen 2.53 ± 0.22 3.00 ± 0.31 3.53 ± 0.32 4.00 ± 0.32 3.33 ± 0.39 2.08 0.12 6.42 <0.01 2.15 0.05
Blaeberry 3.00 ± 0.60 2.00 ± 0.27 3.75 ± 0.67 3.38 ± 0.60 2.25 ± 0.16 1.201) 0.37 14.622) <0.01 4.033) <0.01
Species diversity
Munro 1.03 ± 0.15 1.59 ± 0.13 1.27 ± 0.15 1.35 ± 0.13 1.54 ± 0.10 2.51 0.07 9.28 <0.01 1.86 0.09
Kathleen 1.07 ± 0.13 1.21 ± 0.13 1.16 ± 0.15 1.27 ± 0.18 1.46 ± 0.14 0.84 0.51 16.02 <0.01 3.87 <0.01
Blaeberry 1.13 ± 0.30 0.75 ± 0.17 1.54 ± 0.26 1.37 ± 0.20 0.88 ± 0.07 1.281) 0.34 6.882) <0.01 2.243) 0.07
1) F4,10; 2) F2,20; 3) F8,20
DISP Dispersed; DISP+GTR Dispersed with green tree retention; WINDR Windrow; WINDR+GTR Windrow with green tree retention.