Fig. 2

Boxplots of (a) species richness, (b) Shannon-Weiner diversity, (c) species evenness, (d) coverage, (e) plant height, (f) soil moisture, (g) soil pH, (h) soil hardness, (i) soil organic carbon, (j) soil total nitrogen, (k) soil total phosphorus, (l) microbial biomass carbon, (m) microbial biomass nitrogen, (n) microbial biomass phosphorus, (o) G+ bacteria, (p) G− bacteria, (q) bacteria, (r) saprotrophic fungi, (s) arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, (t) fungi, (u) total phospholipid fatty acids, (v) G+/G− ratio, (w) F/B ratio. Mean, median, 25% and 75% percentiles, and outliers are shown.