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(a) Tree species: all tree species (circles); Nothofagus spp. (small squares);
gymnosperms (open squares). (b) Woody wines, woody epiphytes and climbing
shrubs. (c) Ferns: all ferns (circles); Hymenophyllaceae (squares).