Table 4 Summary of findings. Effect of site, Acer species, presence of green islands or leaf status on bacterial and fungal richness, alpha diversity values and comnmunity composition.
Bacterial endophyte community | Fungal endophyte community | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richness | Diversity | Faith’s PD | Composition | Richness | Diversity | Composition | |
All samples | |||||||
Site | + | + | + | + | — | — | + |
Acer species | o | + | o | — | — | — | — |
Green islands | — | — | — | — | + | + | — |
Leaf status | — | — | — | — | + | + | + |
A. campestre | |||||||
Site | + | — | + | + | — | — | + |
Green islands | — | — | — | NA | + | + | NA |
Leaf status | — | — | — | — | o | o | + |
A. platanoides | |||||||
Site | + | + | + | + | — | — | + |
Green islands | — | — | — | NA | o | — | NA |
Leaf status | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
