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. 2017 Jul 11;8:1301. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01301

Table 2.

Mantel test results showing the significant correlation between soil properties and fungal beta diversity.

Beta diversity Tillageb Soil texturea Soil moisture TN SOC Urease Invertase
Phylogenetic membership PT 0.370* 0.503** −0.069ns 0.287* 0.136ns 0.349*
CPT 0.532** 0.365** 0.252* 0.107ns −0.039ns 0.466**
ZT 0.167ns 0.444** 0.137ns 0.023ns 0.137ns 0.226*
Phylogenetic composition PT 0.572** 0.525** −0.022ns 0.356* 0.020ns 0.455**
CPT 0.769** 0.458** 0.400* 0.183ns 0.131ns 0.547**
ZT 0.307* 0.228ns 0.205ns −0.069ns −0.036ns 0.294*
Taxonomic composition PT 0.297* 0.696** 0.030ns 0.299* −0.118ns 0.153ns
CPT 0.613** 0.673* 0.322* 0.359* 0.037ns 0.420*
ZT 0.052ns 0.211ns 0.005ns −0.050ns −0.132ns 0.126ns
a

Values are mean of three soil samples. Soil texture, Sand/(Clay+Silt); SOC, soil organic carbon; TN, total nitrogen.

b

PT, Plow tillage; ZT, Zero tillage.

*

0.01 < P < 0.05;

**

P < 0.01; ns, no significant P >0.05.