Table 1 Experimental design.

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

Soil biodiversity

GCFs (no.)

Replicates (no.)

High/low

0

10

High/low

1

10

High/low

2

15

High/low

4

15

High/low

6

15

High/low

8

15

High/low

10

15

  1. Note: there were 10 repeats for each single global change factor (GCF); total experimental units = (10 + 10 × 10 + 15 × 5) × 2 = 370; for the GCF levels from 2 to 10, random draws were conducted to select GCFs for each replicate.
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