Table 2.

Diversity indices of AM fungal community, hyphal length density (HLD) and glomalin content in soils of three different land use types. Data are mean ± SE (n = 15). Means followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.

Land use type	Forest	Grassland	Arable land
AM fungal community diversity
Richness	22.40 ± 1.34 b	32.00 ± 2.24 a	23.87 ± 1.93 b
Shannon-Wiener index	1.58 ± 0.14 b	2.21 ± 0.11 a	1.59 ± 0.14 b
Simpson	0.66 ± 0.05 b	0.82 ± 0.02 a	0.62 ± 0.05 b
Evenness	0.51 ± 0.04 b	0.64 ± 0.02 a	0.50 ± 0.04 b
HLD (m g-1 soil)	38.44 ± 3.96 a	35.60 ± 5.30 a	19.57 ± 2.00 b
Glomalin content (mg g−1 soil)
T-GRSP	3.65 ± 0.24 b	4.51 ± 0.22 a	2.27 ± 0.05 c
EE-GRSP	2.10 ± 0.10 a	2.14 ± 0.11 a	1.07 ± 0.04 b