Figure captions
Figure 1. Sampling areas had three shrub species ofAmygdalus scoparia (A), Daphne mezereum (B) andEbenus stellata (C) that formed woody patches in the surrounding
herbaceous vegetation, used as control (D) for comparing soil and
vegetation characteristics, Marvast semiarid rangelands, Yazd province,
Iran.
Figure 2. Mean (± SE) soil properties under three shrubs:Amygdalus scoparia , Daphne mezereum and Ebenus
stellata and herbaceous vegetation as control, Marvast semiarid
rangelands, Yazd province, Iran. Lower case letters indicate
statistically significant differences (P <0.05) among
patch types.
Figure 3. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) of soil
properties (R2=0.98 for Non-metric fit, R2=0.95 for Linear fit and
Stress=0.01) under the three shrubs and herbaceous vegetation as control
(A.m: Amygdalus scoparia , D.m: Daphne mezerum E.s=Ebenus stellata , cl: control).
Figure 4. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) of plant
composition according to the plant cover composition (R2=0.94 for
Non-metric fit, R2=0.66 for Linear fit and Stress=0.03) under the three
shrubs and herbaceous vegetation as control (A.m: Amygdalus
scoparia , D.m: Daphne mezerum E.s= Ebenus stellata , cl:
control).