S: number of species; H: Shannon diversity index; p_i: relative frequency; D: dominance

Table 3. Results of normal distribution (Shapiro-Wilk Test), homoscedasticity (Levene’s Test), and independent t-test between vegetation and diversity component in control and mulch treated sites. significant values are shown by bold numbers. The non-significant values in Shapiro-Wilk and Levene’s tests indicate normal distribution and homogeneity in variance, respectively.