Table 1 Partial Mantel test to evaluate the relative importance of soil and site variables in determining microbial community structure.

From: Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

Factors

Control for

16S

ITS

nifH

  

r M

P -value

r M

P -value

r M

P -value

Temperature

Precipitation, pH, TN, TC

0.674

0.001

0.284

0.001

0.177

0.001

Precipitation

Temperature, pH, TN, TC

0.565

0.001

0.324

0.001

0.299

0.001

pH

Temperature, Precipitation, TN, TC

0.179

0.001

0.117

0.001

0.150

0.001

TN, TC

Temperature, Precipitation, pH

0.003

0.423

0.298

0.001

0.273

0.001

  1. Since, the relative roles of pH and temperature on controlling microbial communities are controversial, their values were particularly bolded in the table. TN, total nitrogen; TC, total carbon.
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