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. 2013 May 2;8(5):e63275. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063275

Table 3. Results of three-way ANOVA showing the effects of season, regeneration scenarios and fertilizer treatments for soil bacteria, archaea, fungi and total microbes RFs richness index (S), Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H’), Simpson diversity index (D) and Pielou evenness index (E).

Bacteria Archaea Fungi Total microbes
S H’ D E S H’ D E S H’ D E S H’ D E
Season ns ns ** ns ** ** ** ** ** * ns ** ** ** ** **
Scenarios ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ns ns ns ns ns ns
Fertilizer ns * ** * ** ** ** ns * ns ns ns ** * ns ns
Season × Scenarios ns ns ns * * ** ** ** ** ** ns * * ns ns ns
Season × Fertilizer ns ns ** * * ** ** ** ns ns ns * ns * * **
Scenarios × Fertilizer ns ns * ns ns * * ** * * ** * * ns ns ns
Season × Scenarios × Fertilizer ns ns ns ns ns ** ** ** ** ns * * * ns ns ns
**

Effect is significant at the 0.01 level;

*

Effect is significant at the 0.05 level. ns, effect is not significant.