Figure 2
From: Litter chemistry explains contrasting feeding preferences of bacteria, fungi, and higher plants
Growth response of different target organisms (a) and plant functional types (b) to either undecomposed (0 d) or decomposing (180 d) litter. Growth is expressed as percent difference compared to the controls (Nutrient Broth, PDA, and water for bacteria, fungi, and plants, respectively). For each bar, data refer to mean ± standard deviation of different target species (N in brackets) over18 litter types. Asterisks indicate within-group statistically significant differences (***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05), according to Tuckey’s HSD post-hoc tests for the interactive effects of litter age and target organisms (a) and litter age and plant functional type (b) from corresponding GLMMs models in Table 2.
