Table 4: Pearson’s correlation analysis of time (years) with annual herbaceous species number (A), perennial herbaceous species number (P), woody species number (W), , , , and cover of dominant species (Dom.) before treatments in each zone, considering all the study plots ( and the three experimental treatments. Marked (*) correlations are significant at ).

Years A P W A −0.43* P −0.15 0.53* W 0.16 0.05 −0.45* −0.33* 0.81* 0.68* 0.07 −0.27* 0.89* 0.75* 0.11 0.89* 0.13 0.23* 0.26* 0.05 −0.13 0.31* Dom. 0.48* 0.17 0.17 −0.04 0.19* 0.19* 0.04