Vegetation type

Treatment

Shrub

Grass

Shrub

Grass

Access

Exclosure

Access

Exclosure

Access

Exclosure

Cover

Summer annuals

1.61 ± 0.26

5.12 ± 0.94

1.4 ± 0.34

1.82 ± 0.4

5.65 ± 1.46

4.6 ± 1.19

3.53 ± 0.78

3.21 ± 0.64

Winter annuals

1.16 ± 0.19

1.16 ± 0.18

1.41 ± 0.33

0.91 ± 0.19

1.26 ± 0.31

1.06 ± 0.2

1.34 ± 0.23

0.99 ± 0.14

Forbs

2.67 ± 0.33

6.3 ± 0.97

2.6 ± 0.48

2.73 ± 0.45

6.72 ± 1.54

5.88 ± 1.19

4.66 ± 0.84

4.31 ± 0.66

Grasses

6.61 ± 0.44

35.53 ± 1.1

5.6 ± 0.56

7.62 ± 0.64

35.73 ± 1.32

35.33 ± 1.78

20.67 ± 1.84

21.48 ± 1.82

Shrubs

30.99 ± 0.86

3.57 ± 0.29

32.4 ± 0.9

29.58 ± 1.45

2.97 ± 0.4

4.16 ± 0.41

17.69 ± 1.73

16.87 ± 1.61

Total

29.62 ± 0.98

43.47 ± 1.67

30.25 ± 1.2

29 ± 1.56

43.75 ± 2.34

43.2 ± 2.41

37 ± 1.51

36.1 ± 1.63

Species richness

Summer annuals

0.56 ± 0.04

1.31 ± 0.17

0.58 ± 0.05

0.54 ± 0.06

1.36 ± 0.25

1.27 ± 0.23

0.97 ± 0.13

0.9 ± 0.12

Winter annuals

0.5 ± 0.06

0.85 ± 0.08

0.57 ± 0.09

0.42 ± 0.08

0.83 ± 0.11

0.87 ± 0.11

0.7 ± 0.07

0.65 ± 0.07

Forbs

1.31 ± 0.09

2.79 ± 0.21

1.34 ± 0.14

1.28 ± 0.13

2.71 ± 0.29

2.87 ± 0.29

2.02 ± 0.18

2.07 ± 0.18

Grasses

0.93 ± 0.04

2.09 ± 0.04

0.88 ± 0.05

0.97 ± 0.06

2.11 ± 0.05

2.07 ± 0.06

1.5 ± 0.08

1.52 ± 0.07

Shrubs

0.92 ± 0.02

0.71 ± 0.03

0.9 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.04

0.68 ± 0.04

0.74 ± 0.04

0.79 ± 0.03

0.83 ± 0.03

Total

3.15 ± 0.11

5.59 ± 0.22

3.12 ± 0.16

3.18 ± 0.15

5.51 ± 0.31

5.68 ± 0.31

4.31 ± 0.22

4.43 ± 0.22

Heterogeneity

6132 ± 308

4245 ± 263

6866 ± 361

5399 ± 476

4485 ± 342

4004 ± 402

5675 ± 281

4702 ± 319