Table 3.
Differences between soil samples by an analysis of similarities (ANOSIM).
| Type | Karst | Non-karst | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | KGY1 | KNY2 | KHZ1 | KXB1 | KXQ2 | KHT1 | K | NCX2 | NCX3 | NK | |
| Karst | KGY1 | / | 0.9383 | 0.9222 | 0.8870 | 0.9724 | 1.0000 | / | 0.9093 | 0.8370 | 0.8531 |
| KNY2 | 0.002 | / | 0.6630 | 0.7889 | 0.7611 | 0.6481 | / | 0.7963 | 0.8815 | 0.9405 | |
| KHZ1 | 0.003 | 0.006 | / | 0.4093 | 0.6352 | 0.7574 | / | 0.8611 | 0.9000 | 0.9492 | |
| KXB1 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | / | 0.6667 | 0.9185 | / | 0.9815 | 0.9389 | 0.9746 | |
| KXQ2 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.002 | / | 0.9593 | / | 0.9870 | 1.0000 | 0.9520 | |
| KHT1 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.006 | / | / | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | |
| K | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 0.1450 | 0.2532 | 0.2544 | |
| Non-karst | NCX2 | 0.008 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.122 | / | 0.9037 | / |
| NCX3 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.035 | 0.005 | / | / | |
| NK | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.005 | / | / | / | |
K, the samples from the rocky desertification areas (karst areas); NK, the samples from non-rocky desertification areas (non-karst areas). Data in bold font is R-value and Data in normal font is P-value.