Figure 1
The circles indicate the location of study sites (plantations and the natural habitat) in the subtropical forest biome of the Atlantic Forest ecoregion (colour green) and the grassland biome of the Campos ecoregion (colour orange).
Table 1
Model selection for environmental variables in relation with the age of pine plantations, and for the similarity in environmental variables between plantations and the natural environment (Sim) with plantation age.
| Grassland | Subtropical forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental variable | Model | Model |
| Temperature | Logistic | Logistic |
| Thermal variability | Logistic | Logistic |
| Relative humidity | Null | Logistic |
| Canopy cover | Logistic | Logistic |
| Herbaceous cover | Logistic | Null |
| Sim temperature | Logistic | Logistic |
| Sim thermal variability | Logistic | Line |
| Sim relative humidity | Null | Logistic |
| Sim canopy cover | Logistic | Logistic |
| Sim herbaceous cover | Logistic | Null |
| Sim total | Logistic | Logistic |
Figure 2
Environmental variables along different ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.
Figure 3
Environmental similarity between plantations and the natural environment along the ages of pine plantations in both biomes. Lines indicate the selected model.