Figure 2

Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination of (a) microbial community structure inferred from PLFA analysis and (b) activities of 8 different enzymes.
FMP = forest system management practice; DAI = days after incubation commenced; R = degree of separation between test groups ranging from −1 to 1; R = 0, not different; R = 1, completely different; P values were based on 999 permutations.