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Appendix G. Bacterial diversity correlates among plant richness treatments.
Table G1. Pearson correlations (R value) between bacterial diversity (1/D) and soil characteristics, plant biomass, and soil antagonists among different plant richness treatments (n = 12/plant richness treatment; *p < 0.10, †p < 0.05, ‡p < 0.01).
Soil Characteristic |
Monoculture |
4-species |
8-species |
16-species |
C (%) |
0.54* |
0.37 |
0.19 |
-0.16 |
OM (%) |
0.54* |
-0.19 |
0.35 |
-0.25 |
N (%) |
0.58† |
0.3 |
0.27 |
-0.18 |
P (ppm) |
-0.52* |
0.25 |
0.18 |
-0.24 |
K (ppm) |
0.7† |
-0.61† |
0.09 |
-0.40 |
pH |
0.34 |
-0.36 |
-0.30 |
0.05 |
Above-ground biomass (g/m²) |
0.68† |
-0.04 |
0.44 |
-0.12 |
Antagonist density (Log CFU/g) |
0.25 |
0.2 |
-0.21 |
-0.20 |
Proportion antagonists (%) |
0.01 |
-0.11 |
-0.16 |
0.68† |