Table 2 Multiple regressions between potential soil respiration at 11 °C, and soil chemistry, bacterial community structure, and root density in soils from different depths in control and decadal in situ deep-thaw plots

From: Long-term in situ permafrost thaw effects on bacterial communities and potential aerobic respiration

    

Control samples

Deep-thaw samples

Deep-thaw (treatment) effect

 

AICc

R 2

Variable

Slope (±SE)

p

Slope (±SE)

p

Intercept (±SE)

p

Predictors of bulk respiration (per g DW)

         

 Soil × treatment

48.30

0.848

Soil PC1

0.823 ± 0.074

<0.001

−0.892 ± 0.126

<0.001

−0.300 ± 0.146

0.066

 (Soil + bacteria) × treatment

39.81

0.901

Soil PC1

0.687 ± 0.075

<0.001

0.755 ± 0.119

<0.001

−0.376 ± 0.123

0.012

   

Bacterial PCo1

−1.176 ± 0.381

0.011

−1.344 ± 0.514

0.028

  

 (Soil + root density) × treatment

49.15

0.871

Soil PC1

0.776 ± 0.080

<0.001

0.896 ± 0.120

<0.001

−0.451 ± 0.168

0.023

   

Root density

0.341 ± 0.235

0.177

0.140 ± 0.086

0.138

  

 (Root density + soil + bacteria) × treatment

46.84

0.903

Soil PC1

0.687 ± 0.078

<0.001

0.775 ± 0.127

<0.001

−0.392 ± 0.156

0.031

   

Root density

0.011 ± 0.243

0.964

0.052 ± 0.092

0.589

  
   

Bacterial PCo1

−1.165 ± 0.472

0.036

−1.169 ± 0.611

0.092

  

 Bacteria × treatment

86.82

0.538

Bacterial PCo1

−3.079 ± 0.772

0.002

−2.830 ± 0.811

0.006

−0.778 ± 0.243

0.009

Predictors of intrinsic respiration (per g SOM)

         

 Soil × treatment

97.65

0.367

Soil PC1

0.716 ± 0.226

0.009

−0.445 ± 0.184

0.036

−0.161 ± 0.295

0.597

 (Soil + bacteria) × treatment

93.33

0.539

Soil PC1

0.402 ± 0.240

0.125

−0.268 ± 0.182

0.176

−0.195 ± 0.265

0.477

   

Bacterial PCo1

−2.826 ± 1.198

0.040

1.744 ± 0.787

0.054

  

 (Soil + root density) × treatment

101.93

0.408

Soil PC1

0.657 ± 0.247

0.024

−0.450 ± 0.178

0.032

−0.260 ± 0.358

0.484

   

Root density

0.485 ± 0.723

0.518

−0.181 ± 0.128

0.192

  

 (Root density + soil + bacteria) × treatment

100.16

0.549

Soil PC1

0.405 ± 0.245

0.133

−0.292 ± 0.195

0.172

0.054 ± 0.333

0.875

   

Root density

−0.466 ± 0.766

0.558

−0.065 ± 0.141

0.656

  
   

Bacterial PCo1

−3.314 ± 1.463

0.050

1.524 ± 0.939

0.144

  

 Bacteria × treatment

92.45

0.456

Bacterial PCo1

−3.941 ± 1.051

0.003

2.251 ± 0.734

0.012

−0.228 ± 0.263

0.407

  1. Soil soil PC1, Bacteria bacterial PCo1
  2. All variables are scaled and centered before analyses; bold text denotes significant p-values (p < 0.05)