Table 2 Multiplicative diversity partitioning for the Metazoan community; γ-diversity was multiplicatively partitioned into independent α- and β-components following Jost52. (a) Separate runs for Native Forest and Rubber Plantation; (b) Single run for the overall dataset.

From: Tropical forest conversion to rubber plantation affects soil micro- & mesofaunal community & diversity

Group

Alpha.1

Alpha.2

Beta.1

Beta.2

Gamma

  

(a)

Metazoa

Forest

14.28***

22.36***

2.79***

1.78***

39.86

  

Rubber

6.79***

10.04***

2.29***

1.55***

15.55

  

Annelida

Forest

3.95***

5.48***

1.97***

1.42***

7.80

  

Rubber

2.77***

3.51***

1.67***

1.32***

4.62

  

Arthropoda

Forest

7.15***

18.10***

6.95***

2.75***

49.69

  

Rubber

5.39***

13.45***

7.49***

3.00***

40.38

  

Nematoda

Forest

13.42***

27.55***

5.63***

2.74***

75.56

  

Rubber

14.26***

35.22***

6.67***

2.70***

95.14

  

(b)

Group

Alpha.1

Alpha.2

Alpha.3

Beta.1

Beta.2

Beta.3

Gamma

Metazoa

10.53***

16.2***

27.7***

2.78***

1.81***

1.07***

29.32

Annelida

3.36***

4.49***

6.20***

2.01

1.50

1.09

6.75

Arthropoda

6.27***

15.77***

45.04***

9.06

3.60

1.26

56.81

Nematoda

13.8***

31.39***

85.35***

8.56

3.77

1.39

118.41

  1. *Alpha.1: between sites, Alpha.2: total, Beta1: between sites, Beta2: total.
  2. *Alpha.1: between sites, Alpha.2: between forest and rubber plantation, Alpha.3: within sites, Beta1: between sites, Beta2: between forest and rubber plantation, Beta.3: within sites.
  3. Significance level: ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.
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