Table 2.

Effects of main factors on BSC bacterial community composition under a split-split-plot design.

	Df	SS	MS	F	p
Whole-plot
Date (block)	1	0.055	0.055	2.273	0.159
Elevation	3	0.558	0.186	7.666	0.001
Whole-plot error	3	0.073	0.024
Split-plot
Grazing	1	0.049	0.049	1.090	0.345
Grazing × Elevation	3	0.177	0.059	1.317	0.274
Split-plot error	4	0.179	0.045
Split-split-plot
Shrub	1	0.323	0.323	3.666	0.010
Shrub × Grazing	1	0.053	0.053	0.600	0.832
Shrub × Elevation	3	0.277	0.092	1.047	0.405
Shrub × Grazing × Elevation	3	0.189	0.063	0.713	0.820
Split-split-plot error	8	0.706	0.088
Total	31

Statistically significant PERMANOVA results are bolded.