Table 3 Effects of soil humidity, root biomass, sampling stage, soil temperature and maize type on the soil Collembola in a Monte Carlo redundancy analysis (RDA) test.

From: Climate change did not alter the effects of Bt maize on soil Collembola in northeast China

Environmental factor

Variance explained (%)

F

P

Soil humidity

21

12.37

0.002**

Root biomass

14

9.52

0.002**

Sampling stage

12

9.50

0.002**

OTC

10

10.17

0.002**

Soil temperature

1

1.77

0.052

Maize type

1

1.00

0.416

  1. The values highlighted in bold are statistically significant (**P < 0.01).