International Journal of Biodiversity

Research Article

The Significance of Habitat Characteristics to the Spatial Distribution of Local Avian Assemblage at Gannoruwa Mountain Forest Reserve, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Table 3

The relationship between different habitat characteristics and avifaunal community attributes (Bonferroni adjusted alpha level = 0.01).
Habitat characteristics
Avifaunal diversity  
 Elevation0.335
 Tree density0.1260.696
 Tree diversity0.1640.61
 % canopy closure0.585
 Distance from the edge 0.470
Avifaunal richness  
 Elevation0.001
 Tree density0.486
 Tree diversity0.739
 % canopy closure0.047
 Distance from the edge0.002
Avifaunal density  
 Elevation0.022
 Tree density0.486
 Tree diversity0.547
 % canopy closure0.031
 Distance from the edge0.000