Table 4. PERMANOVA and mixed model ANOVA analysis of bacterial and fungal community for each of the eight collection dates.
Month |
Community composition |
Community evenness |
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Drought |
Nitrogen addition |
Drought |
Nitrogen addition |
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Bacteria | Fungi | Bacteria | Fungi | Bacteria | Fungi | Bacteria | Fungi | |
Year 1 | ||||||||
April 2010 | NS | 0.089 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.009 |
August 2010 | NS | NS | 0.069 | NS | NS | 0.032 | NS | NS |
December 2010 | 0.016 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.001 | NS | NS |
February 2011 | 0.043 | 0.042 | NS | NS | 0.044 | 0.001 | NS | NS |
Year 2 | ||||||||
June 2011 | NA | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.06 | NS | NS |
September 2011 | 0.079 | 0.012 | 0.03 | NS | 0.098 | NS | 0.018 | NS |
December 2011 | 0.07 | 0.038 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 0.023 | 0.009 | NS | 0.019 |
March 2012 | NS | 0.013 | NS | 0.019 | NS | <0.001 | NS | 0.008 |
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; NA, not available; NS, not significant; PERMANOVA, permutational multivariate analysis of variance.
Each model included the variables of Treatment and Block. The significant and marginal P-values for the variable Treatment are reported.