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. 2019 Jun 19;8(10):e874. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.874

Table 1.

Summary of plant diversity, soil fungal diversity, and soil chemistry parameters (n = 8)

Parameters EBF DBF

P value

(unpaired‐t test)

Plant Simpson index 14.22 ± 4.07 7.63 ± 5.83 0.020
Soil fungal ITS richness 532.13 ± 172.22 749.38 ± 275.32 0.079
Soil fungal functional gene richness 3,000.13 ± 317.96 3,633.75 ± 508.77 0.010
Soil organic carbon (g/kg) 52.58 ± 28.88 28.24 ± 2.89 0.049
Dissolved soil organic carbon (g/kg) 0.25 ± 0.16 0.14 ± 0.05 0.082
Labile soil organic carbon (g/kg) 7.97 ± 4.20 1.28 ± 0.51 0.003
Total nitrogen (g/kg) 4.14 ± 1.80 1.83 ± 0.33 0.008
Available nitrogen (mg/kg) 286.19 ± 95.92 173.33 ± 28.93 0.007
Total phosphorus (g/kg) 1.20 ± 1.15 0.23 ± 0.03 0.048
Available phosphorus (mg/kg) 6.17 ± 2.85 3.26 ± 0.37 0.023
Soil pH 6.58 ± 0.91 5.35 ± 0.53 0.005
Soil moisture 0.37 ± 0.07 0.49 ± 0.05 0.002
Soil temperature at the 10 cm depth (°C) 19.82 ± 0.52 16.56 ± 0.33 <0.001
Mean Annual precipitation (mm) 1,067 1,234  
Mean Annual temperature (°C) 12.7 9.5  

Data were presented in mean value and standard error, P value of each parameter was measured by unpaired t test.