Fig. 1: Effects of soil biodiversity treatment on soil functions and properties with an increasing number of global change factors. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Effects of soil biodiversity treatment on soil functions and properties with an increasing number of global change factors.

From: Multiple anthropogenic pressures eliminate the effects of soil microbial diversity on ecosystem functions in experimental microcosms

Fig. 1

Effect sizes (Hedges’ g) were calculated as the difference of the means between high and low soil biodiversity treatments in units of the pooled standard deviation. Points are the mean values and the error bars are their 95% confidence intervals (n = 10 for the zero and single global change factor treatments; n = 15 for multiple global change factor treatments). The positive effect sizes without intervals overlapping zero indicate that soil biodiversity increased soil functions and properties. These effect sizes were highlighted by big points. Effect sizes with intervals overlapping zero are not significantly different from zero, meaning that soil biodiversity does not alter variables.

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