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Appendix C. Effects of warming and plant functional groups on soil fauna and microbes.
Table C1. Effects of warming, the presence/absence of plant functional groups, and interactions between warming and plant functional group presence on soil fauna abundance and microbial community structure.
Source of variation |
df |
F |
P | df |
F |
P |
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Enchytraeids |
Diptera larvae |
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Warming |
1 |
3.4 |
0.07 |
1 |
4.8 |
0.03 |
Shrub presence/absence |
1 |
3.6 |
0.06 |
1 |
1.5 |
0.22 |
Graminoid presence/absence |
1 |
0.0 |
0.99 |
1 |
0.0 |
0.89 |
Bryophyte presence/absence |
1 |
0.3 |
0.57 |
1 |
0.2 |
0.65 |
Warming × shrub |
1 |
1.4 |
0.25 |
1 |
2.7 |
0.11 |
Warming × graminoid |
1 |
3.8 |
0.06 |
1 |
2.6 |
0.11 |
Warming × bryophyte |
1 |
0.1 |
0.76 |
1 |
0.1 |
0.81 |
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Soil Fungal community |
Soil Bacterial Community |
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Warming |
1 |
0.9 |
0.63 |
1 |
2.2 |
0.045 |
Shrub presence/absence |
1 |
2.7 |
0.001 |
1 |
0.9 |
0.44 |
Graminoid presence/absence |
1 |
0.6 |
0.93 |
1 |
1.1 |
0.34 |
Bryophyte presence/absence |
1 |
1.2 |
0.21 |
1 |
1.0 |
0.41 |
Warming × shrub |
1 |
0.8 |
0.76 |
1 |
0.9 |
0.38 |
Warming × graminoid |
1 |
0.8 |
0.70 |
1 |
0.8 |
0.47 |
Warming × bryophyte |
1 |
0.9 |
0.68 |
1 |
1.7 |
0.18 |
P values in bold are statistically significant (P < 0.05).