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Table 1 Chemical soil attributes of exotic (EXO) and native (NAT) soils from the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest (mean ± SD, N = 40)

From: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly in the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest

Soil type/site

Soil pH (H2O)

Total organic carbon (g kg−1)

Total nitrogen (g kg−1)

Available P (ppm)

EXO

 Algodão de Jandaíra

6.64 ± 0.26 a

8.56 ± 0.55 a

0.86 ± 0.15 a

8.49 ± 0.07 c

 Esperança

6.71 ± 0.20 a

8.44 ± 0.30 a

0.82 ± 0.10 a

8.42 ± 0.30 c

 Juazeirinho

6.35 ± 0.46 a

8.99 ± 0.57 a

0.88 ± 0.09 a

6.97 ± 0.47 d

 Monteiro

6.87 ± 0.26 a

8.81 ± 0.71 a

0.87 ± 0.07 a

10.70 ± 0.52 a

 Natuba

6.50 ± 0.35 a

9.14 ± 1.78 a

0.92 ± 0.17 a

9.22 ± 0.22 b

NAT

 Algodão de Jandaíra

5.04 ± 0.03 b

2.78 ± 0.16 d

0.15 ± 0.04 d

1.93 ± 0.02 f

 Esperança

5.20 ± 0.10 b

2.00 ± 0.10 e

0.21 ± 0.01 c

2.00 ± 0.10 f

 Juazeirinho

5.20 ± 0.29

2.52 ± 0.59 d

0.22 ± 0.07 c

1.74 ± 0.26 f

 Monteiro

4.87 ± 0.26 b

3.71 ± 0.15 c

0.28 ± 0.09 bc

2.78 ± 0.45 e

 Natuba

4.27 ± 0.17 c

4.35 ± 0.17 b

0.45 ± 0.12 b

2.50 ± 0.09 e

EXO versus NATa

9.73**

10.54**

25.01**

26.10**

  1. Same letters represent no significant differences by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. **p ≤ 0.01
  3. aIndependent sample t test comparing EXO × NAT soil groups