Analyzing the Relationship, Distribution of Tree Species Diversity, and Above-Ground Biomass on the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape in Nepal

Table 2

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of elevation with respect to different variables.

Above-ground biomass source of variation	SS	df	MS	F	value	F crit.
Between groups	64068370.77	1	64068371	191.0602	5.4E − 30	3.89423
Within groups	59688894.86	178	335330.9
Total	123757265.6	179
Shannon diversity index source of variation
Between groups	93774717	1	93774717	298.7432	6.26E − 40	3.894232
Within groups	55873746	178	313897.5
Total	1.5E + 08	179
DBH source of variation
Between groups	90709048	1	90709048	288.1358	4.67E − 39	3.89423
Within groups	56036815	178	314813.6
Total	1.47E+08	179
Tree height source of variation
Between groups	92269591	1	92269591	293.9372	1.55E − 39	3.89423
Within groups	55875837	178	313909.2
Total	1.48E + 08	179