Table 2.

Pearson correlation between the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity score and soil characteristics using the Mantel test.

	Variable name	Corr-method	Corr_res	p_res	Significance
Red soil	pH	Pearson	0.369	0.001	***
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.203	0.002	**
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	0.001	0.437
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	0.131	0.033	*
Paddy soil	pH	Pearson	0.251	0.003	**
	AP (Available Phosphorous)	Pearson	0.233	0.009	**
	AK (Available Potassium)	Pearson	−0.048	0.676
	AN (Available Nitrogen)	Pearson	0.073	0.215

Star represents significance (*, P ≤ 0.05; **, P ≤ 0.01; ***, P ≤ 0.001, while no star shows non-significance).