highly significantP < 0.001
We found a highly significant relationship ( P < 0.001) between patch size and shoot density for all of our target species, ( r 2 for the relationship between log 10 [patch size + 1] and the log 10 [shoot density + 1] of 0.843, 0.817, and 0.723, for T. europaea, C. villosa , and V. myrtillus , respectively.