Butterfly Assemblages Associated with Invasive Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) Sites: Comparisons with Tamarisk Control and Native Vegetation Reference Sites

Table 3

Riparian condition scores associated with landscape categories.

Landscape category	Riparian condition scores for each component
	Coverage and spatial diversity	Structural diversity	Contiguity of habitats	% of invasive vegetation	Hydrology	Micro- and macrotopographic complexity	Flood-prone area characteristics	Biogeochemical processes
NV	.89^a	.77^a	.94^a	.67^a	.95^a	.81^a	.86^a	.93^a
MIX	.62^b	.57^b	.𝟖𝟓^𝐚	.44^b	.72^b	.51^b	.𝟕𝟐^𝐚	.71^b
RER	.68^b	.60^b	.𝟖𝟎^𝐚	.𝟓𝟔^𝐚	.𝟗𝟎^𝐚	.𝟖𝟓^𝐚	.𝟖𝟐^𝐚	.72^b
REU	.40^b	.47^b	.73^b	.44^b	.53^b	.28^b	.37^b	.44^b
TAM	.39^b	.40^b	.77^b	.28^b	.54^b	.32^b	.50^b	.59^b
TRT	.37^b	.34^b	.82^b	.35^b	.55^b	.30^b	.44^b	.46^b

Column values with dissimilar letters indicate significant (𝑃<0.05) differences (Dunnett’s post hoc test) when compared to the native vegetation reference sites. Bolded indicates condition scores statistically similar to those from reference sites (NV). NV: native vegetation, MIX: mixed, RER: revegetated with riparian vegetation, REU: revegetated with upland vegetation, TAM: tamarisk dominated, and TRT: treated to remove tamarisk.