Table 1.

Means (±1 SD) of all soil microbial community attributes in intact closed canopy forest and selective logging gaps.

Parameter	Soil microbial group	Vegetation type		R 2	F	p
		Intact forest	Logging gap
Total microbial biomass C (μg g−1 dry soil)	–	321.3 ± 226.8	149.4 ± 56.5
Richness (no. observed ASVs 10 reads−1)	Bacteria	0.42 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.04
	Total fungi	0.70 ± 0.20	0.76 ± 0.13
	Saprotrophic fungi	0.65 ± 0.22	0.67 ± 0.15
	Mycorrhizal fungi	2.82 ± 0.22	2.72 ± 0.53
	Ectomycorrhizal fungi	3.29 ± 0.63	2.62 ± 0.88
	Pathogenic fungi	0.51 ± 0.16	0.52 ± 0.08
	Parasitic fungi	1.26 ± 0.49	1.42 ± 0.25
Shannon alpha diversity	Bacteria	4.98 ± 0.24	4.97 ± 0.23
	Total fungi	4.34 ± 0.57	4.75 ± 0.30
	Saprotrophic fungi	3.11 ± 0.67	3.33 ± 0.26
	Mycorrhizal fungi	1.41 ± 0.13	1.36 ± 0.25
	Ectomycorrhizal fungi	1.15 ± 0.24	0.92 ± 0.36
	Pathogenic fungi	2.00 ± 0.50	2.24 ± 0.30
	Parasitic fungi	0.44 ± 0.29	0.60 ± 0.23
Fungal guild relative abundance (% total fungal ASV reads)	Saprotrophic fungi	63.60 ± 8.24	66.88 ± 5.51
	Mycorrhizal fungi	15.71 ± 9.80	4.70 ± 3.00	0.48	7.28	0.027
	Ectomycorrhizal fungi	14.85 ± 9.43	4.11 ± 2.70	0.49	7.71	0.024
	Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	0.18 ± 0.12	0.45 ± 0.12	0.65	14.64	0.005
	Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi	0.68 ± 0.82	0.14 ± 0.24
	Orchid mycorrhizal fungi	0.000 ± 0.000	0.002 ± 0.005
	Pathogenic fungi	15.98 ± 4.35	22.98 ± 3.82	0.46	6.86	0.031
	Plant pathogenic fungi	10.05 ± 5.27	15.66 ± 3.18
	Animal pathogenic fungi	5.94 ± 2.47	7.32 ± 4.48
	Parasitic fungi	2.83 ± 1.67	3.27 ± 1.32
	Endophytic fungi	0.14 ± 0.06	1.42 ± 1.40	0.77	26.30	0.001
	Lichenised fungi	1.83 ± 0.94	0.85 ± 0.49	0.58	11.18	0.010

SDs were calculated using plot-averaged values to match statistical tests. Statistics are given for attributes that significantly differed between vegetation types as identified with ANOVA after controlling for site (p < 0.05).