Table 3. Results of repeated measures ANOVA showing the P values for responses of soil microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), and ratio of MBC to MBN to altitude (A), layer (L) sampling date (LT) and sampling dates (D).

Factor	MBC			MBN			MBC:MBN
	P	df	F	P	df	F	P	df	F
A	<0.001	2	58.37	<0.001	2	73.03	0.079	2	4.69
D	<0.001	4	142.84	<0.001	4	164.56	<0.011	4	8.76
L	<0.001	1	6278.13	<0.001	1	5590.94	<0.001	1	3876.18
A×D	0.008	8	28.41	<0.001	8	9.77	<0.007	8	5.80
A×L	<0.001	2	70.81	<0.001	2	104.17	<0.001	2	8.64
D×L	0.017	4	52.93	<0.001	4	111.74	<0.001	4	46.19
A×L×D	<0.001	8	14.31	<0.001	8	11.90	<0.015	8	6.96