Table 1. Partial Mantel test for relationship between prokaryotic community similarity and relatively long-term environmental variables, relatively short-term environmental variables, and geographic variables across biotas.
| Alpine× temperate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topsoil | Subsoil | |||
| r | p | r | p | |
| MAP | 0.060 | 0.101 | 0.047 | 0.165 |
| MAT | 0.000 | 0.498 | –0.021 | 0.625 |
| pH | –0.001 | 0.516 | –0.004 | 0.542 |
| SOC | 0.231 | 0.001 | 0.120 | 0.010 |
| TN | 0.151 | 0.003 | 0.046 | 0.146 |
| TP | –0.143 | 0.999 | –0.072 | 0.908 |
| Long-term environment variables | 0.121 | 0.010 | 0.049 | 0.174 |
| SWC | 0.112 | 0.015 | 0.094 | 0.032 |
| AP | 0.003 | 0.387 | 0.064 | 0.124 |
| DOC | 0.307 | 0.001 | 0.206 | 0.001 |
| DON | 0.398 | 0.001 | 0.401 | 0.001 |
| NH4+ | 0.223 | 0.001 | 0.023 | 0.350 |
| NO3- | –0.135 | 0.990 | 0.040 | 0.234 |
| Short-term environment variables | 0.523 | 0.001 | 0.465 | 0.001 |
| Latitude | –0.541 | 1.000 | –0.433 | 1.000 |
| Longitude | –0.525 | 1.000 | –0.430 | 1.000 |
| Distance* | –0.544 | 1.000 | –0.438 | 1.000 |
| Altitude | –0.672 | 1.000 | –0.588 | 1.000 |
| Geographic variables | –0.5664 | 1.000 | –0.462 | 1.000 |
*
Calculated by the geographic distance for paired samples based on the longitude and latitude of each sample.