Table 1.
Pearson correlations between soil properties and Richness, αMPD and αNRI.
| αMPD | αNRI | pH | SOC | TN | AK | AP | Ivt | MC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richness | 0.145 | 0.007 | 0.540∗∗ | -0.663∗∗ | -0.710∗∗ | 0.099 | -0.006 | -0.549∗∗ | -0.486∗∗ |
| αMPD | -0.982∗∗ | 0.049 | 0.080 | 0.077 | -0.11 | 0.644∗∗ | 0.323 | 0.136 | |
| αNRI | 0.055 | -0.193 | -0.198 | 0.103 | -0.677∗∗ | -0.421∗ | -0.217 | ||
| pH | -0.571∗∗ | -0.668∗∗ | 0.096 | -0.029 | -0.508∗∗ | -0.536∗∗ | |||
| SOC | 0.965∗∗ | -0.171 | 0.383∗ | 0.898∗∗ | 0.858∗∗ | ||||
| TN | -0.131 | 0.391∗ | 0.862∗∗ | 0.825∗∗ | |||||
| AK | 0.300 | -0.223 | -0.211 | ||||||
| AP | 0.476∗ | 0.336 | |||||||
| Ivt | 0.758∗∗ | ||||||||
SOC, soil organic carbon; TN, total nitrogen; AP, available phosphorus; AK, available potassium; MC, microbial biomass C; Ivt, Invertase activity. ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, respectively. n = 28.