Figure 2: Functional metabolic footprint of nematodes subjected to fertilization in the wheat season (▾, ◻, ∆, ⚪ represent >2 mm, 1–2 mm, 0.25–1 mm and <0.25 mm, respectively). | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: Functional metabolic footprint of nematodes subjected to fertilization in the wheat season (▾, ◻, ∆, ⚪ represent >2 mm, 1–2 mm, 0.25–1 mm and <0.25 mm, respectively).

From: Effect of long-term combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil nematode communities within aggregates

Figure 2

The vertical axis and horizontal axis of each footprint represent the enrichment footprint and structure footprint, respectively. The functional metabolic footprint is described by the sequentially joining points: (SI-0.5Fs/k, EI); (SI, EI + 0.5Fe/k); (SI + 0.5Fs/k, EI); (SI, EI-0.5Fe/k). Fs and Fe represent the structure footprint and enrichment footprint, respectively. EI and SI represent enrichment index and structure index, respectively, and the k value is 3. The nematode functional metabolic footprint is the total area of the two functional (enrichment and structure) footprints46,56.

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