Table 2. AMOVA analysis of significant differences in bacterial community compositions.
| Description | Comparison | Fs | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | All 5 sample groups | 5.5807 | <0.001 |
| Undisturbed canopy and ground soil | CA-OR vs. GR-OR | 7.42532 | 0.003 |
| Treatments compared to undisturbed canopy soil | CA-SE vs. CA-OR | 5.7236 | <0.001 |
| GR-PE vs. CA-OR | 10.2246 | <0.001 | |
| GR-FL vs. CA-OR | 3.18728 | 0.003 | |
| Treatments compared to undisturbed ground soil | CA-SE vs. GR-OR | 6.75715 | <0.001 |
| GR-PE vs. GR-OR | 3.74506 | 0.013 | |
| GR-FL vs. GR-OR | 1.35554 | 0.188 | |
| Comparisons between treatments | CA-SE vs GR-FL | 3.16961 | 0.004 |
| CA-SE vs. GR-PE | 8.20981 | <0.001 | |
| GR-FL vs. GR-PE | 1.90745 | 0.063 |
Notes.
Abbreviations
- CA-OR
- canopy-original
- CA-SE
- canopy-severed
- GR-PE
- ground-perched
- GR-FL
- ground-flat
- GR-OR
- ground-original