Information Flows in Community-Based Monitoring Exercises in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Table 1

Matched-pairs analysis results showing differences in species richness estimates between scientist, expert-trained, and community-trained groups.

Indicator	Community	Richness estimates^*
Fern richness	Payamino	Scientist: 5.8^a
		Expert trained: 7.6^b
		Community trained: 5.9^a
	Chontacocha	Scientist: 5.6^a
		Expert trained: 5.4^a
		Community trained: 4.6^b
Beetle richness	Payamino	Scientist: 11.2^b
		Expert trained: 8.2^a
		Community trained: 8.6^a
	Chontacocha	Scientist: 10.7^a
		Expert trained: 8.8^b
		Community trained: 13.2^c

^*Values that are not connected with the same letter differ significantly from each other.