Table 1 Goodness-of-fit statistics (R2) of environmental factors fitted to the nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination of microbial community structure and enzyme activities. The significance was based on 999 permutations. Significant factors (P < 0.05) are indicated in bold: *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001

From: Uncoupling of microbial community structure and function in decomposing litter across beech forest ecosystems in Central Europe

 

Microbial biomass

Enzyme activities

Varibles

R 2

P

R 2

P

Total C

0.701

0.001***

0.266

0.007**

Total N

0.424

0.001***

0.073

0.309

C:N ratio

0.717

0.001***

0.032

0.566

Lignin:N ratio

0.280

0.006**

0.090

0.209

pH (CaCl2)

0.460

0.001***

0.315

0.002**

pH (H2O)

0.086

0.258

0.025

0.634

Mg

0.235

0.009**

0.010

0.872

K

0.396

0.001***

0.608

0.001***

Ca

0.288

0.006**

0.063

0.354

P

0.052

0.414

0.352

0.002**

Mn

0.271

0.010**

0.218

0.013*

Fe

0.383

0.001***

0.000

0.999

Cu

0.006

0.910

0.026

0.650

Co

0.073

0.265

0.009

0.919

V

0.001

0.988

0.119

0.149

Water content

0.103

0.166

0.085

0.216

Total lignin

0.094

0.211

0.086

0.218

Back to article page