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. 2016 Mar 21;82(7):2121–2131. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03336-15

TABLE 4.

Results of the Mantel test correlating fungal taxonomic (Jaccard) and phylogenetic (MPD) beta diversity and various predictor variables

Diversity measure and factor (unit) Mantel r P valuea
Taxonomic diversity
    No. of freezing days/yr 0.23 ***
    Wheat cultivar 0.23 ***
    Cropping history 0.21 ***
    Summer rainfall (mm) 0.11 *
    Elevation (m) 0.07 *
    pH 0.07 0.07
    Geographic distance 0.06 0.1
    CaCO3 (mg kg−1) 0.05 0.19
    Mg (mg kg−1) 0.04 0.19
    Pa (mg kg−1) 0.03 0.3
    Ctot/Ptot ratio 0.03 0.3
    Ctot/Ntot ratio 0.03 0.31
    Ntot/Ptot ratio 0.03 0.34
    Ntot (mg kg−1) 0.02 0.4
    Corg (%) 0.02 0.38
    K (mg kg−1) 0.02 0.41
    Temp (°C) 0.02 0.31
    Annual rainfall (mm) 0.02 0.31
    Farming system 0.02 0.44
    Ptot (mg kg−1) 0.001 0.51
Phylogenetic diversity
    Farming system 0.17 **
    No. of freezing days/yr 0.16 *
    Ntot 0.12 0.05
    CaCO3 (mg kg−1) 0.11 0.06
    Ctot/Ptot ratio 0.11 0.07
    Corg (%) 0.11 0.06
    Ntot/Ptot ratio 0.08 0.1
    Annual rainfall (mm) 0.08 0.09
    K (mg kg−1) 0.06 0.19
    Summer rainfall (mm) 0.05 0.15
    Elevation (m) 0.04 0.21
    Geographic distance 0.04 0.22
    Ptot 0.04 0.2
    Cropping history 0.04 0.26
    Ctot/Ntot ratio 0.03 0.24
    pH 0.02 0.39
    Wheat cultivar 0.01 0.29
    Mg (mg kg−1) 0.008 0.52
    Temp (°C) 0.006 0.49
    Pa (mg kg−1) 0.001 0.5
a

*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001.