Vegetation Structure and Tree Species Diversity inside and outside a Newly Established Zalon Taung National Park in Northwest Myanmar

Table 9

Average values, standard errors, and p values of environmental variables between BUCF and the ZNP by the Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Variables	BUCF	ZNP	value	value
Elevation	422.00 ± 43.3	598.00 ± 65.90	77	0.036
Slope	12.50 ± 1.58	13.20 ± 2.02	127	0.749
Aspect (%)			38	0.560
South	14.29	15.38
North	4.76	0
East	4.76	23.08
West	28.57	0
Southeast	14.29	46.15
Southwest	14.29	0
Northeast	9.52	7.69
Northwest	9.52	7.69
Land class (%)			7	0.369
Jungle forest	5.88	2.94
Old growth	5.88	2.94
Secondary forest	50.00	32.36
Logging level (%)			7	0.383
High	14.71	8.82
Medium	35.29	5.88
Low	11.77	23.53
Distance to village	2.78 ± 0.25	5.32 ± 0.52	40	0.001
Distance to road	2.20 ± 0.24	1.55 ± 0.37	186	0.082