The only significant difference between management types was observed for the pH values, which were higher in unfertilized pastures grazed by sheep (6.9±0.4) than in spruce age class forests (4.7±0.9).
For each soil attribute and each richness estimate at 3 and 20% genetic distance, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey pair-wise comparisons were used to determine the minimum significant difference (P<0.05) between management types by employing STATISTICA 8.0 (StatSoft, Inc., Tulsa, USA).
The mean difference between management types regarding the predation rate on arthropod biomass was similar to that on arthropod abundance, although it was not statistically significant in either case.
However, significant interaction was observed between source of water and management type (P ≤ 0.05).
Uni-variable logistic regression analysis also showed that there was a significant association (P ≤ 0.05) between seropositivity and farming system, flock size, management type, grazing land, source of drinking water and presence of wild felids in the area.
Table 1 indicates that dimensions of seeds, seed chambers and pods, as well as the number of predated seeds clearly vary between populations according to management type.
One-way ANOVAs were performed per morphological character between all wild and managed in situ individuals studied to test general differences related to management type.
Soil bacterial community composition and diversity of the six analyzed management types showed significant differences between the land use types grassland and forest.
Clear differences were found in the reproduction pattern between two stands representing the two forest management types: 1) Clonal propagation is observed in both management systems, but with a distinctly higher frequency in the CWS.
