Table 2.

The influence of environmental factors on bacterial communities and bacterial functional groups as determined by partial Mantel tests.

Variable a	Bacterial Communities		Bacterial Functional Groups		Bacterial Functional Groups Associated with Carbon Degradation
	r	p	r	p	r	p
pH	0.26	0.041 *	0.26	0.024 *	−0.02	0.509
Elevation	0.07	0.311	0.57	0.001 **	0.52	0.002 **
AT	0.32	0.009 **	0.26	0.021 *	0.38	0.005 **
AP	0.32	0.007 **	0.28	0.012 *	0.39	0.002 **
BD	0.05	0.315	−0.15	0.834	−0.07	0.621

^a Abbreviations: AT, annual temperature; AP, annual precipitation; BD, soil bulk density. *, p < 0.050; **, p < 0.010.