Table 2 Correlations between environmental variables and soil microbial community functional structures assessed by partial Mantel tests.

From: Planting increases the abundance and structure complexity of soil core functional genes relevant to carbon and nitrogen cycling

Variablesa

Non-plantingb

Plantingc

Non-planting cored

Increased core by plantinge

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

pH

0.442

0.015

0.673

0.000

0.237

0.135

0.025

0.305

SOM

−0.577

0.999

−0.380

0.999

−0.168

0.763

−0.287

0.999

TN

−0.619

1.000

−0.457

1.000

−0.098

0.601

−0.259

0.999

TP

−0.135

0.811

−0.295

0.983

−0.214

0.884

−0.292

1.000

TK

0.547

0.013

0.431

0.018

−0.046

0.443

−0.062

0.847

AN

−0.647

1.000

−0.393

1.000

−0.190

0.844

−0.235

0.998

AP

0.027

0.402

0.241

0.037

0.282

0.167

0.013

0.373

AK

−0.014

0.455

0.386

0.026

0.333

0.103

−0.047

0.763

NO3-N

−0.649

0.999

−0.076

0.713

−0.155

0.811

0.051

0.173

NH4-N

0.289

0.026

0.435

0.026

−0.160

0.753

−0.115

0.956

MSM

0.632

0.001

0.225

0.062

0.212

0.151

0.199

0.034

MST

−0.690

1.000

−0.254

0.948

−0.207

0.891

0.037

0.231

AGB

0.451

0.000

0.145

0.044

SPAD

0.345

0.000

0.764

0.000

MAT

−0.569

0.998

−0.234

0.955

−0.298

0.946

−0.363

1.000

AR

0.597

0.009

0.525

0.012

−0.018

0.441

−0.073

0.887

RH

0.527

0.014

0.459

0.018

−0.063

0.511

−0.128

0.983

  1. aAbbreviations: SOM, soil organic matter; TN, total nitrogen; TP, total phosphorus; TK, total potassium; AN, available nitrogen; AP, available phosphorus; AK, available potassium; MSM, mean soil moisture; MST, mean soil temperature; SPAD, chlorophyll concentration of plant leaf; AGB, aboveground biomass; MAT, mean annual temperature AR , annual rainfall; RH, relative humidity.
  2. bTotal detected functional genes in three soils under non-planting treatment.
  3. cTotal detected functional genes in three soils under planting treatment.
  4. dShared functional genes among three soils under non-planting treatment.
  5. eShared functional genes among three soils under planting treatment in which the non-planting core was removed.