Table 3. Alpha diversity differences among the three main land-use types (forest, rubber and tea) for all MOTUs combined and for individual arthropod groups.

	X2	P	Pairwise comparisons	Z	P
All MOTUs	6.93	0.03	Forest vs Rubber	2.61	0.01
			Forest vs Tea	0.52	ns
			Rubber vs Tea	−1.83	ns
Arachnida	11.48	0.0001	Forest vs Rubber	1.92	ns
			Forest vs Tea	3.27	0.001
			Rubber vs Tea	1.12	ns
Blattodea	0.32	ns	Forest vs Rubber	0.05	ns
			Forest vs Tea	0.55	ns
			Rubber vs Tea	0.42	ns
Coleoptera	21.91	0.0001	Forest vs Rubber	4.60	0.0001
			Forest vs Tea	2.33	0.02
			Rubber vs Tea	−2.01	0.06
Diptera	14.55	0.0001	Forest vs Rubber	3.08	0.0031
			Forest vs Tea	3.14	0.0025
			Rubber vs Tea	0.00	ns
Hemiptera	22.07	0.0001	Forest vs Rubber	4.20	0.0001
			Forest vs Tea	−0.58	ns
			Rubber vs Tea	−4.17	0.0001
Hymenoptera	3.11	ns	Forest vs Rubber	−0.81	ns
			Forest vs Tea	1.20	ns
			Rubber vs Tea	1.74	ns
Chilopoda	1.44	ns	Forest vs Rubber	−0.67	ns
			Forest vs Tea	−1.16	ns
			Rubber vs Tea	−0.40	ns
Orthoptera	21.79	0.0001	Forest vs Rubber	−1.30	ns
			Forest vs Tea	−4.66	0.0001
			Rubber vs Tea	−2.85	0.01

Differences are based on Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test and Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction.