Functional and phylogenetic diversity

Among woody species, plots near roads presented lower Fric (p=0.0004) and PD (p=0.023) than plots far from roads. The other functional diversity attributes (FDiv, FEve and FDis), as well as sesPD, did not differ significantly (Table 1). Among non-woody species, the functional diversity metrics did not differ between samples near and far from roads. PD and sesPD were not significantly different as well (Table 1) among non-woody species. Functional diversity, in general, did not differ (FRic, FDiv, FEve, FDis) between the plots near and far from roads (Table 1).