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. 2016 Oct 28;11(10):e0164209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164209

Table 3. Analysis of variance of soil properties (p-values) for soils collected in Spring of 2009 and 2010a,b,c.

Source SOC POM-C PMN FDA BD WFPS WSA RLD
Crop(system) 0.6869 0.0298 0.0894 0.8815 0.0608 <.0001 0.4608 0.1063
Depth <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Crop(system)*Depth 0.2028 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 0.1442 0.0027 0.014 0.0064
Year NA 0.0763 0.4862 0.0008 0.0006 <.0001 0.0281 NA
Crop(system)*Year NA 0.0829 0.0938 0.949 D 0.5748 0.3404 NA
Depth*Year NA 0.0393 D 0.2801 0.3829 0.4232 0.0421 NA
Crop(system)*Depth*Year NA 0.2982 D 0.105 D 0.2399 0.1542 NA
Clay <.0001 0.0595 0.0062 0.0043 <.0001 D <.0001 0.0385
Stratification ratio
Crop(system) 0.2733 <.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.1925 <.0001 0.0609 0.0137
Year NA 0.0493 D 0.0755 0.5867 0.0139 0.0277 NA
Crop(system)*Year NA D D 0.0431 0.0986 0.0667 0.2212 NA

SOC, Soil organic C; POM-C, particulate organic matter C; PMN, potentially mineralizable N; FDA, enzymatic activity; BD, bulk density; WFPS, water-filled pore space; WSA, percentage of water-stable macro-aggregates; RLD, Root length diameter

a With the exception of SOC, which was measured on samples collected in Fall of 2009, and RLD, which was measured on soils collected in summer 2009

b "NA" signifies a term not included in the model.

c "D" signifies a term dropped from the model with a p-value >0.35 for class variables and >0.05 for the covariate.