Table 3 Components of the cultural-religious practice of bonfire making (mean ± standard deviation (SD) and coefficient of variation (CV) (%), through the Mann–Whitney U test

Native species richness

1.82 ± 1.24; 0.68

2.92 ± 1.98; 0.68

0.001*

Exotic species richness

1.48 ± 1.05; 0.71

0.66 ± 0.82; 1.23

8.08 × 10^–6*

Firewood volume

1.89 ± 1.26; 0.67

1.69 ± 1.48; 0.87

0.28

Number of bonfires

1.88 ± 0.96; 0.51

1.89 ± 1.08; 0.57

0.80

Native species richness

2.66 ± 1.61; 0.60

2.29 ± 1.97; 0.86

0.16

Exotic species richness

1.06 ± 1.01; 0.95

0.92 ± 1; 1.08

0.38

Firewood volume

1.89 ± 1.22; 0.64

1.66 ± 1.55; 0.93

0.18

Number of bonfires

2 ± 0.91; 0.45

1.77 ± 1.14; 0.64

0.36